Social Media Volunteer
Apply for the Social Media Volunteer role at Careers Springboard.
Developing our profile on social media is the aim of this volunteer role. We seek a volunteer with experience in marketing and communications, including the development of communications through social media utilising Linkedin.
What difference will you make?
We want to become more well known within the community and more widely. Currently our beneficiaries find us through recommendation or referral. We want to utilise social media to expand our visibility, relevance and impact in order to attract more job seekers to our weekly virtual Zoom meetings.
Unemployment can be isolating. It can damage confidence and self esteem, impacting not only the financial but emotional stability of those involved. We have the capacity to support more people through our services. Your work with social media would enable us to do that by increasing awareness.
The success of your social media efforts would be visible weekly as more job seekers join us and benefit from our services.
Careers Springboard will expect our volunteer social media volunteer to work with the other volunteers in our social media team creating engaging content on a weekly basis, creating a marketing plan for our Linkedin content, liaising with trustees and others within the Careers Springboard charity.
Experience and understanding of how social media can work successfully for a small charity such as Careers Springboard will be a major advantage for applicants.
Skills And Experience
* Minimum of three years experience managing social media platforms, especially Linkedin
* Proficiency in Linkedin Analytics and understanding engagement metrics
* Experience using Canva or similar design tools
* Passion and enthusiasm for content creation and making a positive impact
* Strong organisational and communication skills
* Ability to work independently and as part of a small, supportive team.
What We Offer
* Flexible, remote volunteering with all meetings and collaboration online (primarily via Zoom)
* The opportunity to help unemployed professionals and graduates across the UK
* A chance to shape and grow the digital presence of a respected, long-standing charity
* Support from a welcoming and experienced volunteer team.
What will you be doing?
Careers Springboard is a well established, registered charity based in South Buckinghamshire, supporting unemployed professionals, managers and graduates for 35 years. As a self-help group we provide job search advice and support, and, since March 2020, all our presentations, coaching an meetings have been delivered virtually via Zoom. Our Monday evening Zoom sessions regularly attract up to 100 job seekers.
We are seeking a volunteer with at least three years of social media experience to help us to enhance and expand our online social media presence. This role is fully remote and applicants can be based anywhere in the UK. You will join a friendly team of 25 volunteers who provide support for Careers Springboard in a variety of ways, and who and play a key role in increasing awareness of our services among beneficiaries, job seekers and funders.
Key Responsibilities
* Work collaboratively with the social media volunteer team of three to plan and schedule monthly Linkedin content.
* Create engaging, impactful content to promote Careers Springboard's services and events.
* Use Canva to design on-brand graphics and maintain visual consistency across posts.
* Monitor and analyse Linkedin engagement metrics using Linkedin Analytics.
* Track and report on social media performance to form future strategy.
* Highlight network events and showcase our presentations through creative content.
* Re-post relevant content and interact with our online community daily.
* Stay up-to-date with trends and best practices in social media for the charity and employment sectors.
Applicants must live within the UK. Success will be measured by the rate of job seekers joining us via social media contact.
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