Communications Officer

Job Description

The BDA Membership, Marketing and Communications Team is seeking a motivated and experienced communications professional with a can-do attitude to work with colleagues and volunteers across the BDA to provide a high level of maintenance, development and support of the BDA’s digital presence, with specific reference to developing the effectiveness of the BDA website.Communications Officer Responsibilities:You will be expected to support the delivery of the BDA’s communications and digital strategies, ensuring high quality content is created, audited or repurposed across a range of BDA platforms (including social media, website and e-newsletters) and those of our external contracts, to meet the needs of both the business and our members.Communications Officer Requirements:Candidates must have a minimum of two years’ experience working within a communications / membership / marketing environment, and have a strong knowledge of websites, content management systems (CMS) and search engine optimisation (SEO).About the British Dietetic Association (BDA):We are the British Dietetic Association (BDA), the Association of UK dietitians. We are an award-winning not-for-profit organisation, based in Birmingham, employing dedicated, dynamic and professional staff who deliver services for our membership of approximately 10,000 dietetic professionals. We are the leading organisation of nutrition professionals in the UK; representing the entire nutrition and dietetic workforce across all sectors. Our Vision is to improve the health of the UK population; by protecting and improving health and care services; developing health and social care nutrition policy; improving the impact of dietetics; and, promoting positive discussion on food, nutrition, wellbeing, and health.The BDA is proud of its award-winning status within the sector, winning the Memcom Member Engagement Award 2015, the ‘Best Social Media Campaign’ at the Association Congress 2016, as well as ‘Best Trade Union Website’ at the TUC Media Awards 2016. In 2018 we won the AAE Best Member E-newsletter and Best Social Media Campaign, whilst being shortlisted for Best Association Magazine by the Association Excellent Awards. BDA staff have also won Best Young Association Executive 2017 and were awarded runner up for CEO of the Year 2018.Location: Based in central Birmingham, with national coverage and some flexible home working.Salary: £26,586 - £29,034 per annum (full time 36 hours per week). We may also consider working flexibly, job share, or part-time.Benefits include: 30 days holiday, working flexibly policy, non-contributory healthcare benefits, access to season ticket loans and a company pension scheme.Deadline for applications: 12 noon Tuesday 13 October 2020Interview Date: Monday 19 & Tuesday 20 October 2020The BDA is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment. The BDA intends to do this by maintaining and rigorously implementing an Equal Opportunities Policy and Code of Practice.You may have experience of the following: Communications Officer, Media Manager, PR, Public Relations, Public Relations Officer, Communications Manager, Project Management, Charity, Third Sector, Charities, NFP, Not for Profit, etc.Ref: 94528