6 Communication officer jobs in Bristol, City of, Bristol

About Us

Learning with Parents supports all families to have positive learning interactions together. We drive inclusive parental engagement by partnering with schools and leading the sector through learning what works.

By partnering with primary schools, we support thousands of families across the UK to enjoy learning together at home. Our child-led videos and hands-on family activities replace traditional homework. Through behavioural insight research, innovative technology and teacher training we ensure that as many families as possible are supported effectively.

We are working to improve parental engagement across the sector, by producing evidence of parents’ impact and generating insights into how schools can best support them. Learnings are disseminated through the Parental Engagement Forum and amplified through the Fair Education Alliance.

You can read our 2025 impact report here and see our latest news and blogs here.

About the Role

The Fundraising and Communications Officer will play a central role in growing Learning with Parents’ income and shaping how we tell our story to funders, schools, families and the wider sector. The role is split roughly equally between fundraising and communications, reflecting how closely strong storytelling and visibility are tied to building a sustainable funding pipeline.

On the communications side, you will play a key role in social media presence, blogs, Annual Impact Report and brand guidelines, ensuring Learning with Parents is credible, compelling and visible to the audiences that matter most - including prospective funders and partners. A core thread running through this role is making the organisation 'fundable and findable': ensuring communications and fundraising work hand-in-hand to build trust, credibility and visibility with the people who fund and champion our work.

On the fundraising side, you will support income generation across trusts and foundations, corporate partners and High Net Worth Individuals. This includes writing funding applications and proposals, reporting to and stewarding existing funders, researching new prospects to build a strong, well-evidenced pipeline, contributing to prospect research ‘huddles’ and helping to deliver fundraising events, working closely with the wider Fundraising team.

Core Areas of Responsibility

Fundraising support

• Research prospects who are a good fit for our work including corporate funders, trusts and foundations, High Net Worth Individuals and Sector Awards

• Working with the Fundraising team, build our funder pipeline in order to support accurate forecasting for the organisation

• Working with our Fundraising team to craft well-written project proposals and briefings to inspire and engage funders including corporate funders, individuals and Trusts and Foundations

• Cultivate and steward existing and new donors, helping to secure ongoing support and identify potential uplifts

• Build relationships across the Learning with Parents team to source and manage information about our work, keeping up to date with progress and impact

• Report to donors on the impact of their contributions to Learning with Parents

• General support across different areas of fundraising, including but not limited to: working with the wider team to draft cases for support for new projects; keeping existing fundraising resources up to date and developing new ones as required; keeping our databases up to date; and supporting with event planning

External communications

• Collaborate with our Marketing Lead to create values-led and compelling content for our website and social platforms that will raise our external profile and visibility 

• Make updates to the charity WordPress site 

• Write regular blogs on a range of topics connected to our work

• Format and publish the blogs on the WordPress site

• Manage our annual impact report including planning the content, coordinating with other members of the team and liaising with the graphic designer

• Drafting and logging case studies and quotes, in line with data protection requirements 

• Manage brand guidelines, keeping them up to date with any changes to our sales & marketing strategy

About you

This is an exciting opportunity to gain experience across fundraising, communications and project management at a fast-paced education-tech charity. A successful Fundraising and Communications Officer will be eager to work in a small team, enjoy creative writing, have a can-do attitude, and be keen to get stuck in to support the charity’s growth and impact. 

Our ideal candidate would also be able to provide examples of when they have used the following skills and experience: 

• Strong writing and editing skills and an ability to produce clear and compelling narrative from your research and understanding of an organisation 

• Good organisational skills and ability to prioritise effectively – you’ll be in a busy role, working on several projects

• Good attention to detail

• Excellent communication skills and an ability to work well as a team and with a range of different stakeholders – you’ll need to adapt to a range of audiences as engagement will be key to this role

• A desire to champion and uphold our organisation’s vision, mission and values.

Our ideal candidate might also be able to provide examples of when they have used  some of the following skills and experience, although these are not essential: 

• An understanding of education inequality in the UK

• Lived experience of some of the barriers that families from disadvantaged communities face in engaging with children’s learning 

• Experience with WordPress, Canva, and mainstream social media channels. 

Our Values 

Our Learning with Parents values are key to how we work and inform our strategy, programme, and how we collaborate.

Ambition  - We strive do more for the families, schools and organisations we work with

Collaboration  - We value the voices of others and achieve more by working together

Exploration  - We are curious and seek evidence to inform our work

Innovation  - We test, learn, adapt and embrace failure in our pursuit of progress

Integrity  - We act responsibly and honestly, and default to transparency

Supportive environment  - We work to create an environment which supports growth, belonging and wellbeing for everyone 

Benefits

We have a passionate team and supportive culture. We have supportive policies and offer a number of benefits including:

• Generous annual leave allowance (35 days, including bank holidays)
• Your birthday off and additional holiday reward for every year employed with us (up to five days pro rata)
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and family-related leave policy from day one
• Income protection in case of sickness
• Flexible working times
• Social events
• Environmental (Net Zero) Pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Benefit Hub, including virtual GP and discount scheme

To apply

• Submit a CV and answer the following questions through our site by Sunday, 29th November:
  • Why do you want to work for Learning with Parents? (no more than 300 words)
  • Why do you want the role of Fundraising and Comms Officer? (no more than 300 words)
  • What skills or experience do you have that would make you a good fundraising and communications officer at Learning with Parents? (no more than 500 words)

• Your questions will initially be assessed without reference to your personal details or CV so please include all relevant information in your responses. These will be scored by multiple reviewers using a scoring matrix. Please refer to our AI in recruitment policy for guidance.

  We would be grateful if you could also complete and submit our Equality and Diversity form. This helps us to monitor how we are doing against our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy and identify areas we need to improve. Submitting this form is voluntary and will not affect how your application is assessed.

  Provisional dates for the first-round interviews will be online in the week beginning 7th December. Second round interviews will be in person, at our Bristol offices, the week commencing 14th December.

  We think it is important that our charity reflects the lived experience of our beneficiaries, and we want to be an organisation where employees and supporters from any background can thrive.

  We particularly welcome applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans including non-binary (LGBTQ+) candidates, and candidates from low-income families. These groups are currently underrepresented at Learning with Parents, and we are committed to increasing representation and diversity at the charity.

  Due to the nature of our work with young people, on acceptance of offers all Learning with Parents employees are subject to a DBS check in accordance with Safeguarding Policies and offers will also be subject to reference checks.