Do you have experience or training in delivering effective social media engagement? Are you looking to develop your skills in a flexible role in a friendly, but focused, organisation? Would you like to make a difference by helping to ensure that Army personnel and their families have quick access to straightforward and easy to understand information? We are looking for maternity cover for our Social Media lead.
If you have an understanding and knowledge of Army life and the challenges families face, and want to use your skills to make a difference, then AFF needs you!
About the role
You will provide temporary professional assistance to the AFF Communications Team to cover a period of maternity leave. Your primary task is to lead on delivery of AFF’s social media output on all major social media platforms, ensuring that all content across AFF’s platforms is in line with our aims and objectives, and accurately reflects our work and values.
You will also have the opportunity to support the wider communications team across the range of AFF’s communications activities, including our flagship magazine, Army & You, and our website, as well as internal communications to team members.
AFF offers all staff the opportunity to work flexibly, whether in terms of hours worked per week or the days over which they are worked. We are open to discussions in relation to hours and working days for this role, provided that weekly hours are within AFF operating hours, Monday-Friday. Please indicate in your application if you would like to discuss flexible hours and working days with us should you be selected for interview. All team members work either entirely based at home, or on a hybrid model between home and the AFF office in Andover.
The annual salary is £23,000-£26,000 per year, pro-rata. AFF offers a generous leave package of 30 days’ annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays – pro-rata for part-time team members – and a day off on your birthday. We also offer non-contributory Employee Assistance and Medicash schemes.
This role is UK-based only. Unfortunately, due to the difficulties obtaining employer’s liability insurance overseas, it is not possible to offer this role to a candidate based outside the UK.
This post is a fixed-term 6-month maternity cover contract.
What we are looking for
You will have training or a qualification in social media engagement, with recent experience of major social media platforms and a commitment to delivering best practice in line with organisational values.
You will have a keen interest in the quality of life for Army family members, a passion for effective communication and an interest in defence and Army policies.
You will be skilled in prioritising your workload and using your time effectively to be able to manage multiple enquiries or areas of work. You will be self-motivated and able to use your initiative to undertake work. You will be an effective team player.
A full list of the skills and experience we are looking for can be found in the Job Description.
AFF encourages applications from all sections of the community.
For further information
For further information or to apply for this role please visit www.aff.org.uk
Any enquiries about the vacancy can be directed to Tracy Connolly via email recruitment@aff.org.uk
Closing, interview and start dates
- We will be considering applications on a rolling basis, as they are submitted, which may mean that we identify suitable candidates for interview before the closing date.
- The final closing date for applications will be midnight 22 September 2024, but we reserve the right to bring this date forward without notice if we make an early appointment into the role. To ensure you are considered, please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
- We will contact shortlisted candidates for interview as they are identified, and interviews are likely to take place at any time after this job advert goes live. Interviews will take place via Microsoft Teams.
- The start date for this post is September 2024.
Due to the significant number of applications received for posts, we will only be able to provide feedback for those candidates who are invited to interview.
