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Full Job Description
We're looking for a talented writer to join our creative team! You'll join us in our mission to help as many people as possible to reach their full potential, supporting our initiatives which range from helping people find meaningful work, and providing opportunities for learning and skills development.
Working across the marketing and communications team, you'll champion the work of Shaw Trust, writing, editing, co-ordinating compelling copy that engages, informs and inspires action. You're a creative professional with excellent writing and research skills underpinned by a deep understanding of what different audiences want and need. A generalist with a broad range of writing skills, you can flex your style to the job at hand, whether it's drafting a powerful call to action, punchy strapline, or thought-provoking op-ed. And your appreciation of SEO means you can write impactful content for a wide range of marketing and communications products, helping drive our commercial success as well as increasing our profile to ensure even more people benefit from our support.
At Shaw Trust, we're passionate about people and work hard to create an environment where everyone can flourish, and no-one is left behind. Nurturing talent is what we do, and that includes our colleagues - we provide plenty of opportunities for professional development.
Here's what you'll be doing:
1. Writing: spanning Shaw Trust's written output, whether web, social, campaign and marketing, internal, public relations, news, video, (or anything else as needed)
2. Research: informing written work with relevant, up-to-date research, and market and audience insight
3. Proofreading and editing: overseeing the quality and consistency of our written work
4. Creative: generating original concepts and content work across digital, film and print platforms
5. Tone of voice: ensuring that content meets our high standards for quality and accessibility, in line with our values, brand guidelines, and security requirements
6. Monitoring: maintaining consistency across communications platforms
7. Training and development: Helping colleagues develop their writing skills, upskilling the wider marcomms team
8. Project management: working with operational teams and internal to deliver high quality written content according to deadlines
9. SEO/UX copywriting: working alongside the digital team undertake keyword research to ensure audiences can easily find the information they need online
+ Passionate about making a big difference to people's lives
+ A talented writer with excellent proofreading and editing skills
+ An excellent communicator who can make complex issues both interesting and easy to understand
+ An excellent researcher with strong analytical skills
+ Proactive and organised, able to work independently as well as part of a team
+ Great at building relationships and networking
+ Excited about the prospect of working across a wide range of projects
...then we'd love to see your portfolio!
"Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation."
At Shaw Trust we believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a social purpose organisation challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to enable social mobility.
For us being part of the solution is about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership not competition, we are part of an eco-system of purpose-led organisations, striving for a fairer, more equal society centred on opportunity for all., As an employee of Shaw Trust as well as positively impacting people's lives, you will have access to the following benefits
+ 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years' service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday
+ 2 days paid volunteering leave each year
+ An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months
+ Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
+ Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters' levels qualifications, and management development programmes
+ Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Neurodiversity Peer Support Network, Women's Network, MANaging Network, Menopause Network Group)
+ Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan
+ Opportunity to request flexible working from day one
Our Strategy
To find out more about Shaw Trusts aims in our 2030 Strategic Directive available here: https://www.shawtrust.org.uk/content/uploads/2020/09/Vision-2030-Strategic-Directive-5-9.pdf
Join a diverse and inclusive organisation
Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career.
In addition;
+ We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the accepted standard for inclusiveness in business across the UK.
+ We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government's Access to Work scheme.
+ Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation.
Working across the marketing and communications team, you'll champion the work of Shaw Trust, writing, editing, co-ordinating compelling copy that engages, informs and inspires action. You're a creative professional with excellent writing and research skills underpinned by a deep understanding of what different audiences want and need. A generalist with a broad range of writing skills, you can flex your style to the job at hand, whether it's drafting a powerful call to action, punchy strapline, or thought-provoking op-ed. And your appreciation of SEO means you can write impactful content for a wide range of marketing and communications products, helping drive our commercial success as well as increasing our profile to ensure even more people benefit from our support.
At Shaw Trust, we're passionate about people and work hard to create an environment where everyone can flourish, and no-one is left behind. Nurturing talent is what we do, and that includes our colleagues - we provide plenty of opportunities for professional development.
Here's what you'll be doing:
1. Writing: spanning Shaw Trust's written output, whether web, social, campaign and marketing, internal, public relations, news, video, (or anything else as needed)
2. Research: informing written work with relevant, up-to-date research, and market and audience insight
3. Proofreading and editing: overseeing the quality and consistency of our written work
4. Creative: generating original concepts and content work across digital, film and print platforms
5. Tone of voice: ensuring that content meets our high standards for quality and accessibility, in line with our values, brand guidelines, and security requirements
6. Monitoring: maintaining consistency across communications platforms
7. Training and development: Helping colleagues develop their writing skills, upskilling the wider marcomms team
8. Project management: working with operational teams and internal to deliver high quality written content according to deadlines
9. SEO/UX copywriting: working alongside the digital team undertake keyword research to ensure audiences can easily find the information they need online
+ Passionate about making a big difference to people's lives
+ A talented writer with excellent proofreading and editing skills
+ An excellent communicator who can make complex issues both interesting and easy to understand
+ An excellent researcher with strong analytical skills
+ Proactive and organised, able to work independently as well as part of a team
+ Great at building relationships and networking
+ Excited about the prospect of working across a wide range of projects
...then we'd love to see your portfolio!
"Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation."
At Shaw Trust we believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a social purpose organisation challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to enable social mobility.
For us being part of the solution is about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership not competition, we are part of an eco-system of purpose-led organisations, striving for a fairer, more equal society centred on opportunity for all., As an employee of Shaw Trust as well as positively impacting people's lives, you will have access to the following benefits
+ 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years' service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday
+ 2 days paid volunteering leave each year
+ An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months
+ Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
+ Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters' levels qualifications, and management development programmes
+ Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Neurodiversity Peer Support Network, Women's Network, MANaging Network, Menopause Network Group)
+ Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan
+ Opportunity to request flexible working from day one
Our Strategy
To find out more about Shaw Trusts aims in our 2030 Strategic Directive available here: https://www.shawtrust.org.uk/content/uploads/2020/09/Vision-2030-Strategic-Directive-5-9.pdf
Join a diverse and inclusive organisation
Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career.
In addition;
+ We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the accepted standard for inclusiveness in business across the UK.
+ We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government's Access to Work scheme.
+ Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation.
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