Communications and Digital Content industrial placement

at  Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL

Salary: £23,328 per annum
Hours: Full time
Contract Type: Fixed Term (12 months)
Location: Science and Technology Facilities Council, Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus, Warrington
Closing date: 20th October 2024
Interview date: December 2024/January 2025 (Virtual)
Start date: September 2025

• provide general communications assistance to external communications. This includes support to the media team, social media planning and creation, public and stakeholder engagement, creating digital content and communications planning.
• responsible for producing digital materials for use across a range of platforms, including video, photography and audio files
• working with the social media officer to promote STFC materials across different platforms and encourage traffic between them and back to the STFC website
• providing content for real time use at STFC events such as live social media posts and pictures
• written content for use on a variety of platforms
• contributing to the events and visits and to directorate and STFC-wide initiatives and committees
• assisting with the monitoring of social media channels
• assisting with the creation of social media evaluation reports
• writing online articles that follow a campaign theme and are targeted at specific audiences
• providing technical skills and support for the production of a weekly creation of a regular staff e newsletter
• general business support to all parts of communications, including being part of a rota for the monitoring of group inboxes.
• supporting the Internal Communications team with content creation and event support as required.
  To apply for this placement, we are looking for the following:
  Key - Shortlisting (S), at Interview (I) or both (S&I)

Essential:

• Currently enrolled on an undergraduate degree course and returning to university/studies to complete your undergraduate degree following the placement (S)
• Are required or have requested to take an industrial placement year (S)
• Have the right to live and work in the UK for the duration of the placement (S)
• Able to commence employment in summer 2025 (S)
• Experience writing for different platforms (e.g. social media, articles, reports etc) (S&I)
• Social media / digital communications experience (S&I)
• Organisational skills (S&I)
• Experience of principles and practice of customer care (S&I)
• A willingness to learn new skills (S&I)

Desirable:

• Event organisation (I)

• Administrative experience (I)

• Part of our application process involves submitting your CV and a cover letter. Your cover letter should address your suitability for the opportunity based how you meet each essential criteria stated in this advert.
  Please note that we hold the right to close this vacancy early if a sufficient number of applications have been received.