Working fully within our Marketing and Communications Team, you will support the design and delivery of strategic marketing and communications campaigns. Your digital design focus will cover all our work streams and marketing channels, including digital, print design and less frequently video, animation and other creative media. You will also provide administration and event management support.
This role is graded at SCP 7-11 is £26,403-£28,142pa, depending on experience. This is a full time role.
13th October 2025 Our roles involve a mixture of office and home-based working with a minimum expectation of three days in the office. St Edmund's Nursery School, Washington Street, Bradford, BD8 9QW
Birth to 19
Founded on the principles of social enterprise, Bradford Birth to 19 is committed to driving forward social mobility, from the first days of a child's life. For us, that means working in partnership with agencies and families, to provide place-based, whole-child offers which help children and young people to achieve their potential, and lead successful, healthy lives. Bradford Birth to 19 has grown over the past decade so that it is now making a significant contribution to learning and health outcomes for children and young people in Bradford and West Yorkshire. Founded in 2013, and growing from an outstanding school, Bradford Birth to 19 now has a national profile, with impact being seen across the British Isles.
Core workstreams include
* Bradford Birth to 19 Institute for the Early Years
* 50 Things to Do Before You're Five
* 50 Things to Do Ages Five to Eleven
* Early Years Stronger Practice Hub
* Bradford Birth to 19 SCITT
* Birth to 19 Apprenticeship Academy
Our 50 Things initiative helps Local Authorities, Multi Academy Trusts and health agencies improve their support for parents and children from birth to 11.
Our Institute for the Early Years provides professional development and quality improvement support for schools and Early Years settings, local authorities and health services, focused on children aged from birth to five years old. This includes our Stronger Practice Hub offer In West and South Yorkshire for the DfE
The Bradford Birth to 19 SCITT supports graduates wanting to gain qualified teacher status in the primary and secondary age-phases, and schools wanting to recruit high-quality teachers.
Birth to 19 Apprenticeship Academy provides training courses for early years educators, teaching assistants including with a special needs pathway.
We maintain a strong interest in research and policy, regularly writing and being featured in a range of publications. Local and national reach Locally, Bradford Birth to 19 works with schools, Early Years settings, universities, health, the charity sector, and local & national government partners with the aim of making Bradford a better place to grow up. While much of our work is with schools and settings, we also work with parents, the voluntary sector, health and community groups to support a range of community regeneration initiatives across the district. We work collaboratively with over 500 nursery, primary, special and secondary schools, private and voluntary early years providers and charities in the region. Locally, we are held up as a model of outstanding leadership within the Early Years and in parent partnership. We have a strong record of success in Initial Teacher Training, through our Bradford Birth to 19 SCITT, having helped 1000 graduates over the past decade to become qualified teachers. While the majority of our work is in the Bradford and West Yorkshire area, we are now increasingly working on a regional and national scale, with developing international interest in our work.
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Digital and Design Officer
Main Duties and Objectives
As part of the team which leads on marketing and communications across our full range of work, your main duties will include:
● To support and contribute to the provision of the brand design for Birth to 19 and its workstreams, designing resources (based on the content provided), supporting resources and a range of materials for delivery in a range of settings.
● To assist the team in maintaining the project plan
● Work alongside the Marketing Officers by contributing to the design of social media and print materials, in relation to multimedia projects, internet content, audio visual technologies, corporate presentations and publications.
● Creating visually appealing and user-friendly interfaces for websites, apps, and other digital products as well as content for external partners.
● Managing and updating content on websites and digital platforms.
● Working closely with developers, marketers, and other partners to ensure design solutions meet business and user needs.
● Creating and maintaining design guidelines, style guides, and other documentation to ensure consistency and quality in design work.
● Ability to film and create video animations
● As a part of a relatively small but growing core team, being able to turn your hand to many things – we support each other. Each of us has the opportunity to take on roles and lead work that interests us or makes good use of our particular talents.
Person Specification
This post is suitable for a new or recently-qualified graduate, or for someone with experience within the creative sector. We are committed to providing professional development to help you bring creative ideas to life We want to appoint someone with a commitment to improving outcomes for children and young people - someone who wants to help create a better world and future. The successful candidate will bring excellent creative skills in digital content and design. They will have skills and knowledge of how to connect meaningfully through engaging and imaginative content with a range of audiences. We are looking for someone who can communicate complex ideas in ways that are relatable, using playfulness to promote our organisation and initiatives.
Skills & Knowledge
● Excellent digital and design skills - a strong eye for detail, including in publicity materials, and written text; creative and innovative approach to digital design; and good broader IT skills
● Excellent Communication – Able to effectively convey messages to a diverse audience.
● Collaboration – Works effectively across departments to align individual priorities with business objectives.
● Organisational Skills – Proficient in managing a diverse workload and meeting deadlines. ● Positive Attitude – Fosters a positive, team-oriented environment.
● Commitment to Excellence – Strives for continuous improvement and innovation in service delivery, ability to complete work to a high standard, delivered on time
● Adaptability – skilled at adjusting communication methods to fit various learning styles and cultural backgrounds.
Qualifications: I
deally a graduate, with 2:1 or higher or equivalent professional learning and experience
Satisfactory Enhanced DBS clearance.
Benefits and Outcomes
Working with us is unique We are a supportive, values-driven organisation. We are small enough to be able to innovate quickly, and to ensure all who work with us are valued and nurtured; and large and successful enough to have influence with and be supported by local and national decision-makers.
The post we are advertising for is a result of sustained growth, and will be a new addition to a growing team. We are a values-led organisation, supporting the local economy, and we expect all our staff to support our belief that children and young people should be at the centre of everything we do. This means a commitment to community cohesion and social mobility for all.
We are looking for a highly flexible, hard-working team player who is ready to learn with us, in a supportive, friendly and optimistic team. This post would suit someone who would be interested in developing a career within the charitable sector or within the public sector.
You are likely to have had some experience of working with, or for, a charity, or in a community, school, health, or training setting and want a job which will combine the dynamism of partnership development, with the social value of working in the education, health and care sector. A willingness to attend occasional conferences and meetings away from the area (with full expenses provided) is required, as is the ability to work occasional evenings and single weekend days, when time off in lieu will be given.
Application Instructions
Please apply by downloading an application form:
Send the completed version alongside a professionally laid out covering letter, and if you wish, a CV.
When uploading your documents, please make sure you title each one with your name. Please ensure you demonstrate how you match every area of the person specification, and tell us how your experience, knowledge and skills will help us grow and succeed.
Closing Date: 12pm (noon) Friday 3rd October 2025
Interview Date: Week commencing 6th October 2025