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Junior Communications Organiser

  • Full time or Part time
  • £23,427
  • On site: Glasgow or Edinburgh
  • Closing 31st October 2024


  • Advertised from 30th September 2024
  • Contract: 12 months, FT (35h) OR PT (21h) available, £23,427 per annum pro rata or 12.87 ph (post probation), fixed term, subject to extension. Working hours: flexible hours between the hours of 9am and 7pm. Working pattern to be agreed with the line manager.

Role

Living Rent is continuing to build membership and power across Scotland. And just now, we are hiring a communications officer.

We are looking for a full-time or part-time role to support Living Rent’s capacity to deliver social change for the benefit of Living Rent members. The organiser will promote Living Rent’s work, develop and publicise the key narratives of the organisation to build the power of the organisation.

About the job: The role entails three aspects (which will be adapted for part-time). Firstly, the organiser will be responsible for supporting local communications in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Specifically, the organiser will support members, branch communication officers and staff members to effectively use communications to further the branches’ and the union’s overall goals, by developing and delivering press, communication and social media plans for local and city campaigns. Secondly, the role will support the national activities of the communications department. This will entail the creation of social media content in the form of videos and graphics and supporting with emails and keeping the website updated. Thirdly, the role will entail some support for the union to grow its recruitment capacity through communications.

Qualifications: We are looking for someone keen to work with a young organisation and passionate about member-run and diverse organisations and determined to build working-class power. Experience in communications, press relationships, training delivery, community education or campaigns is welcome; however enthusiasm, willingness to learn and commitment to social justice are more important than previous experience as training will be provided.

Reports to: Head of the Communications Department

Application notes

Download and fill in the application form referring to the person and job specification

Save the completed application form as a word document

Send it to recruitment@livingrent.org with the subject matter: ‘NAME_Communications_Officer’ by Thursday 31st October 8pm. Late applications will not be considered.

Once you have submitted your application, please complete the equal opportunities monitoring form (HERE).

Please note, successful candidates will be invited to interview online on the 6th November. The interview will take the form of an introduction to the organisation, an applied exercise and an interview.

Application Deadline: Thursday 31st October 8pm

Interviews: 6th November. (Please make it clear in your application if you are unable to attend this date).

Start date: Ideally the 6th of January.

If you have any questions about the roles, please contact Living Rent at recruitment@livingrent.org

About Living Rent: Living Rent is Scotland’s Tenants and Community Union. We are people campaigning for better rights for tenants, protections against rent increases, evictions and poor-quality housing and we represent and defend our members when they are having housing problems or problems in our community. We are not affiliated to any political party and only answer to our members.