We're proud to announce that AfC's children's services in Richmond have been awarded an Outstanding rating by Ofsted. This places Richmond alongside Kingston, which also holds an Outstanding rating, as a top-performing service.
Come work with a skilled, stable workforce and be part of an organisation that's truly making a difference.
Hybrid working – Home, Main location is Twickenham with visits to Maidenhead | Permanent | Full time
Develop your communications career at Achieving for Children. This is a great role if you are starting out on or developing your communications career path. This job will give you the opportunity to develop your writing and creative skills whilst providing important information to children, young people and families in an engaging way.
You will support the Communications and Marketing team to primarily develop and maintain the AfC Info website, SEND Local Offer website and work with the team to promote communication messages and campaigns.
The Communication and Marketing Support Officer's primary responsibility is to help the team to:
* maintain the upkeep of the AfC Info website, SEND Local Offer and AfC’s intranet
* understand Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and make information accessible
* create engaging social media content
* promote core communication messages and campaigns.
You will learn very quickly about children’s services and how to make a positive impact on children, young people, and families' lives by providing clear and easy to read information.
We understand that training and development play a significant role at the start of any career, so we commit to providing you with the time and space to learn and develop additional key skills, such as creative writing, video and animation editing, and a wide range of in‑house online and face‑to‑face training programmes.
For further information or if you would just like a chat to see if this role is for you, please contact Vicki Ciborowska by email vicki.ciborowska@achievingforchildren.org.uk
The successful candidate will have:
* a passion to communicate information in the best way to different people
* good relationship‑building skills and the ability to work with lots of people at all levels
* a positive, can‑do approach and determination to achieve objectives
* strong organisational abilities, including creative thinking, problem solving, multitasking and time management
* some working knowledge of web and social media platforms, and how to use them
* good verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to use different communication styles, including a grasp of social media
Desirable:
* some experience or interest in photography, creative design, film production, editing and distribution.
* some knowledge of services for children and families
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