Website Ruth Strauss Foundation

Salary

£28,000 – £30,000

Reporting To:

Head of MarComms and Digital

Accountable To:

Board of the Ruth Strauss Foundation

Location:

Hybrid: minimum 2 days a week in London Office + Events

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Job Purpose

This is a hands-on role focused on managing and delivering high-quality content across digital channels including social media, website and email to promote events, increase fundraising income and raise awareness of our mission. You will have proven experience as a skilled content creator, communicator and community builder with an excellent eye for design and tone and a passion for storytelling.

Key Responsibilities

Social Media Management

• Manage day-to-day activity across all social media platforms ensuring content is timely, relevant and on brand.
• Input to the social strategy, aligning activity with campaigns and events.
• Engage with followers and relevant content – including the cricket community and influencers to drive further growth and engagement.

Content Creation & Copywriting

• Create high-quality, engaging content – including video, photo and graphic content across social, website, blog and email.
• Write compelling, brand aligned copy that promotes our fundraising, mission and comms efforts.
• Collaborate across departments to tell powerful, impactful stories.

Community Building

• Grow and nurture our online communities including across social, web and database
• Identify and engage with influencers, partners and ambassadors to extend our reach.

Website & Email Management

• Create, manage and optimise website content (WordPress) to improve search rankings, user engagement, and SEO performance.
• Create direct marketing campaigns on marketing automation platform (DotDigital)
• Devise and execute strategies to grow our database using our existing platforms as well as researching and surfacing new ones.

Analytics & Reporting

• Utilise analytics to feed into and help inform decision making.
• Monitor performance and use insights to suggest immediate and longer-term campaign optimisations to maximise KPIs.

Expertise Required

• Proven relevant experience in the non-profit, corporate or agency sectors.
• Strong understanding and ear to the ground attitude towards social media/digital platforms and trends.
• Demonstrable ability to create engaging, impactful content across different formats.
• Knowledge and experience with various online and digital content management and analytics tools. e.g. Microsoft365, WordPress, Dotdigital, Canva, Adobe Suite, Google Analytics, Meta insights etc.
• Strong organisational skills and an ability to work calmly under pressure whilst balancing competing priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and exceptional accuracy in copywriting.
• Able to work with sensitivity around topics of incurable cancers and grief.
• Understanding of or interest in cricket and sport a plus.

About The Foundation

In early 2018, Ruth Strauss, the late wife of Sir Andrew Strauss, the former England cricket captain, was diagnosed with an incurable lung cancer that affects non-smokers. Ruth died on 29 December 2018; she was 46 years old and mother to two children, then aged 10 and 13.

In her memory, Sir Andrew has launched The Ruth Strauss Foundation to:

• Provide emotional support for families to prepare for the death of a parent from cancer
• Raise awareness of the need for more research & collaboration in the fight against non-smoking lungcancers

How To Apply:

We are committed to being an inclusive workforce that fully represents many different cultures, backgrounds and viewpoints. We welcome applications that help us in our mission to be a place where you can be yourself and thrive.

Please send your CV and covering letter to recruitment@ruthstraussfoundation.com

Interviews will be planned as applications come in. The application process may close early.

If you have any queries on this role, please contact: recruitment@ruthstraussfoundation.com

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