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- Salary: £36,600 (outside of London); £38,534 (London)
- 35 hours per week
- Permanent contract
- Hybrid variable (UK) with 1 day a week in our London or Bristol office
- Closing date: Sunday 19 April 2026
- Round 1 interviews: WC 4 May 2026
- Round 2 interviews: WC 11 May 2026
Change lives in a life-changing career
When a child or young person is diagnosed with cancer, their whole world can feel like it’s falling apart. Independence is taken and confidence is stolen. Stability no longer exists. The future suddenly feels uncertain.
The impact of cancer on young lives is more than medical. And that impact can be felt by entire family. That’s why we exist. Our specialist social workers help children and young people with cancer and their families navigate the emotional and practical impact of cancer.
We remove barriers, solve problems and prioritise wellbeing. And we stop at nothing to make their voices heard and their unique needs understood, so they can get the right care and support at the right time
About the role
We’re looking for a Senior Social Media Officer with a genuine passion for conversation, connection, and community to join our Digital Engagement Team.
As the Senior Social Media Officer, you will lead the delivery of the charity’s social media activity, as well as the paid boosting strategy of social media content across all platforms.
This is not a broadcasting role: it’s about fostering meaningful engagement with our supporters and raising the voices of young people and children with cancer.
This role is part of the Digital Engagement team, who are responsible for paid media, email marketing and organic social media activity. While social media will be the core focus of this role, experience in paid media and/or email marketing is desirable.
What will I be doing?
No two days are the same at Young Lives vs Cancer. So, summarising your ‘day to day’ isn’t easy. Here are some of the main things you’ll be doing, but you’ll find more details in the job description.
- Lead the planning, development, and execution of the organisation’s social media strategy across all major platforms (eg TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and more).
- Lead the planning, development, and execution of the organisation’s paid boosting strategy of social media content across all major platforms, to deliver against comms team objectives (for example, Reach or Engagement KPIs month-on-month, or campaign-on-campaign).
- Lead the planning, development, and execution of our smaller paid media campaigns to deliver against briefed KPIs (eg Paid social, PPC; working on smaller conversion campaigns or awareness campaigns).
- Act as a brand and channel guardian, ensuring consistent voice, tone, messaging, and visual identity across all social content.
- Foster a supportive and engaging environment for our digital communities, responding to comments and engaging in discussions; escalate risks where appropriate.
- Deliver and maintain our social media moderation guidelines and rota.
- Oversee the content planning process and maintain a high quality content calendar, identifying gaps, opportunities, and content pipelines.
- Collaborate with teams across the organisation on content creation (copy, stills, audio, short form video), ensuring alignment with brand, accessibility standards, and audience needs.
What do I need?
The key skills we’re looking for in this role are:
- Proven experience managing and growing organisational social media channels, ideally across multiple audiences and markets. (Desirable: experience in the third sector).
- Demonstrable experience planning, delivering, and evaluating social media strategies and/or multi channel campaigns.
- Proven experience managing and executing paid media campaigns, ideally across multiple channels and campaign objectives (eg. Paid social conversion campaigns; mid-funnel PPC campaigns). (Desirable: experience in the third sector).
- Strong track record of community management, including moderating discussions, protecting online spaces, and managing sensitive or complex enquiries.
- Experience producing engaging content for different platforms (copy, static, video, audio, short form reels).
- Experience using analytics, social listening, and reporting tools to derive insights and drive continuous improvement.
- Experience project-managing the implementation of campaign tracking across various ad platforms and websites.
- Experience working with multiple stakeholders and juggling cross team projects in a fast moving environment.
What will I gain?
For people to reach their full potential, they need the right environment. As a member of Team Young Lives, you’ll be made to feel supported, valued and appreciated. Here’s how we do it:
- Flexible working: we’re open to working hours outside of 9 - 5 and we can talk through your flexibility requirements at interview stage
- Wellbeing, Thinking & Growth Days: four days a year to to step back from the day-to-day and focus on your own learning and development
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Great family/caring leave entitlements
- Enhanced pension
- Access to our employee savings scheme
To find out more about our benefits package, have a look on our website.
Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
At Young Lives vs Cancer, we recognise that opportunities for too many people remain a condition of their sex, ethnicity, class, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation – or a combination. This has never been acceptable to us as an organisation. We don’t just accept difference, we value it, celebrate it, nurture it and we thrive because of it.
We’re on a journey to be reflective of the diverse children, young people and families we support. We know we aren’t there yet, and we’re passionately committed to taking actions and making changes to be a truly diverse, inclusive and equitable organisation. This includes taking anti-oppressive action and removing barriers in our recruitment practices. We particularly welcome applications from members of minoritised communities. Our Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Belonging strategy will tell you more.
To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed. We recognise the benefits of AI, but if you're considering using it to submit your application, we encourage you to reflect on the value AI adds. AI tools often lack the personal touch and authenticity that set candidates apart. We want to hear your unique perspective, experiences, and skills, so we encourage you to tell us about your skills and experiences in your own voice.
Accessibility
We’re committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process and we’ll always aim to be as accommodating as possible.Please let us know in your application form of any adjustments or access requirements we could make to help you with the application process and interview.
To arrange an informal chat, please contact Tommy Beattie.
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Senior Media & Campaigns Officer
We are seeking a proactive, media-savvy Senior Media & Campaigns Officer to deliver impactful campaigns that drive change and influence national conversations.
Position: Senior Media & Campaigns Officer
Salary: £30,000 - £35,907 per annum, Plus £3000 London Allowance
Location: London (hybrid, minimum 2 days in the office)
Hours: Full-time
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 30th April 2026
About the Role
This is a key role within a communications and campaigns team focused on raising profile, influencing decision-makers and delivering meaningful change. You will play a central part in shaping and delivering creative campaigns, with a strong focus on media relations and public engagement.
Key responsibilities include:
- Planning and delivering integrated campaigns across digital and offline channels
- Drafting press releases, briefings and compelling campaign content
- Managing media enquiries and building relationships with journalists
- Supporting campaign strategy development and identifying opportunities to influence policy and public debate
- Creating engaging supporter actions using campaign platforms
- Monitoring and evaluating campaign and media performance
- Coordinating internal and external stakeholders to deliver campaigns effectively
- Managing campaign data and ensuring compliance with GDPR
About You
You will be an enthusiastic and driven communicator with a strong understanding of media and campaigning.
You will bring:
- Experience in media relations, campaigns or communications roles
- Strong writing skills with the ability to communicate complex issues clearly
- Confidence working with data, systems and campaign platforms
- Excellent project management and organisational skills
- Ability to build relationships and work collaboratively across teams
- A proactive approach with the confidence to generate ideas and respond to fast-moving issues
- Knowledge of how to influence decision-makers and shape public conversations
- Understand how social media and digital channels can be effectively used to amplify campaigns
Experience within the charity or public sector, or working on social impact issues, would be beneficial but not essential.
About the Organisation
You will be joining a values-led organisation committed to improving lives and driving meaningful social change. The team works collaboratively to influence public attitudes, shape policy and ensure that important issues remain high on the national agenda.
Other roles you may have experience of could include; Media Officer, Campaigns Officer, Communications Officer, Public Affairs Officer, PR Officer, External Affairs Officer
Please note this role is advertised by the recruitment agency acting for the client – Not For Profit People. #INDNFP
Thank you!
Age UK is currently recruiting for a part-time Senior Media Officer to join our established Media and Public Relations team.
We are looking for an experienced PR professional to develop and implement PR strategies that build the profile of the organisation and its brand with a focus on national consumer media activity - supporting the Charity's work across Brand Campaigns, Fundraising initiatives and National Services.
The role, working 21 hours per week, will also support the PR team's activity in general which spans the organisation's work and that of its subsidiaries, including Age International.
As this is a job share opportunity, please ensure that you can work Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays before you apply.
This is a hybrid role, a blend of home based and office working. The linked office is in the City of London, and you will be required to attend this office regularly for team meetings. This role will include regular days working from our London office. Travel costs to the London office are the responsibility of the postholder and are not covered by the charity.
There is also a requirement to take part in the media & PR team's out of hours on-call rota, which includes evenings, weekends and on bank holidays.
Please note, this role is being offered as a Fixed Term Contract ending May 2027.
Salary advertised is FTE, Actual - £22,446-£25,148.
Age UK Internal Grade 6L.
Must haves:
The below competencies will be assessed at the indicated stage of the recruitment process:
Application = A, Interview = I, Test= T, Presentation = P
Experience
*Proven experience of working in a fast-moving PR environment. (A, I)
*Track record of delivering high-quality national news and consumer media coverage. (A, I)
*Experience of working with and managing relationships with external stakeholders (corporate partners, national media, beneficiaries, celebrity agents/publicists). (A, I)
*Experience of working in a complex internal environment, collaborating with stakeholders and working on cross-divisional initiatives. (A, I)
*Proven experience of how to promote fundraising initiatives, mass-participation events and other organisational activities across a wide range of media. (A, I, P)
Skills and Knowledge
*Strong knowledge of the various media outlets and media landscape, including national newspapers, broadcast TV, consumer magazines, online and podcasts. (A, I, P)
*Strong network of contacts at national consumer and news media titles. (A, I)
*Ability to proactively gather and create engaging content outside of the news agenda and turn internal initiatives into newsworthy media coverage. (A, I)
*Excellent oral and written communication skills, including writing press releases and high-quality copy for a range of audiences. (A)
Personal attributes
*Proven experience of good negotiating and influencing skills and ability to work collaboratively across internal boundaries. (A, I)
*Proven experience of good organisational and planning skills, including prioritising workloads, managing competing demands, and working under pressure and tight deadlines. (A, I)
Great to haves:
The below competencies will be assessed at the indicated stage of the recruitment process:
Application = A, Interview = I, Test = T, Presentation = P
Experience
*Experience of developing, planning and execution of a PR stunt that has generated impactful media coverage. (A, I, P)
*Experience of working in international aid and generating coverage in national news on international issues. (A)
*Experience of working with trade media on both proactive and reactive stories. (A)
*Experience of working with storytellers and dealing with potentially sensitive stories. (A, I)
Skills and Knowledge
*Ability to contribute creative ideas, digest information and translate into stories. (A, I, P)
Personal attributes
*Agility and versatility - work across different PR areas of the organisation (outside of this role's remit) when required, understanding which activities to prioritise and being able to do so in a fast-paced environment. (A, I)
Additional Information
Equal opportunities & Disability Confident Scheme
Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. Age UK is a Disability Confident Scheme employer. Due to high numbers of applications received, Age UK reserves the right to limit the overall number of interviews offered, and therefore, it may not always be practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.
Reasonable adjustments
Disabled job seekers can access reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. All requests for reasonable adjustments are considered on a case-by-case basis, in collaboration with the disabled job seeker to best meet their needs, by contacting the Recruitment Team. Disability disclosures will be kept confidential and only shared on a need-to-know basis to support the implementation of adjustments. Disclosures will not be used to inform hiring decisions.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.