Digital Content Editor

With member unions representing 5.7 million working people from all walks of life the TUC campaigns for a fair deal at work and for social justice at home and abroad. Grade 6 �37,974 pa rising incrementally to �39,328 pa including London Weighting 2 year fixed-term contract, 35 hours per week Based in Congress House, London WC1B 3LS Can you make working people?s stories come alive on a web page? The TUC is looking for a brilliant copywriter and website editor to help deliver our coming organisational rebrand and to help us develop new content channels to engage more effectively with young workers. We need you to create and edit regular high-quality digital written materials to be used on TUC sites or elsewhere, including writing web pages, blogs, emails, advice materials for working people and features on TUC campaign topics. You?ll need experience in writing for a number of different audiences and in different tones of voice, and an awareness of how written content can best lead to engagement. You?ll know your way around a website content management system, as well as web accessibility and SEO. We?re looking for a bright, talented new colleague who?s able to get their head round our issues quickly and is committed to making work better for everyone. You?ll be joining the digital team within a wider campaigns and comms department that runs a number of high-profile campaigns every year, secures extensive media coverage for our priorities and supports our general secretary Frances O?Grady to put working people at the heart of the political debate. The closing date for completed application forms is noon Thursday 20 April 2017. Interviews for shortlisted candidates will be held on Thursday 11 May 2017. TUC staff enjoy a generous benefits package including final salary pension scheme and other benefits. The TUC values a diverse workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community and from within and outside of the trade union movement. We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) candidates, who are underrepresented at this grade in the TUC. We will consider job share applications for this role. For an application pack you can visit www.tuc.org.uk/jobs, call voicemail 020 7467 1340 or write to Personnel and Training Office, TUC, Congress House, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS. Please quote the correct job reference number when applying for an application pack.