These are exciting times for the charity, and we have an excellent opportunity for a proactive and professional team player with outstanding interpersonal and time management skills to join the busy Digital Activities Department.

Position: 1498 Digital Development Assistant

Location: Remote

Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week, 08.30-16.30, Monday-Friday

Salary: 21,397 per annum

Contract: Fixed term contract starting ASAP until 30 June 2024

Closing Date: Sunday 4 February 2024. We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the advertised date and therefore encourage early applications.

The Role

Reporting to the Digital Development Manager, you will support the Digital Development and wider Digital team, specifically the Digital Content Coordinator, during a period of website redevelopment to build, test and implement new web pages and produce a regular flow of high quality content for distribution across owned digital channels.

Responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the Digital Development team during planning, building, testing and implementation of the new website to create content, build web pages and participate in user testing.
• Working with the Digital Coordinators, assisting with the generation of content for digital marketing channels.
• Updating the website with new content using Drupal content management system.
• Collaborating with the Digital Content Coordinator and internal colleagues to develop new content reflecting the products and services being delivered.
• Assisting the Digital Content Coordinators to ensure that all content is up to date, accurate and relevant to target audiences.
• Retaining high rankings for the website by implementing best-practice search engine optimisation techniques, updating content, page structure and metadata where appropriate.
• Contributing to fundraising, commercial and public relations projects supporting the wider Marketing Communications strategy, projecting and maximising income generation opportunities.

About You

You will have demonstrable experience of writing for the web and good copywriting skills along with:

• Working experience of using content management systems, preferably Drupal.
• An understanding of technical and content driven search engine optimisation, and of accessibility and creating accessible content.
• Adept at using photo and video editing software, ideally the Adobe suite.
• An understanding of a user centred approach and how that is applied to content generation.
• Able to multi-task and maintain a high level of accuracy and attention to detail whilst working with a number of conflicting demands and deadlines.
• Proficient IT. skills (Word, Outlook and Excel).

About the Organisation

The charity is one of the UK s largest international animal welfare charities, currently supporting projects in over 35 countries worldwide, working for a world where donkeys and mules live free from suffering and their contribution to humanity is fully valued.

The Sanctuary is a positive place to work with friendly staff and a wonderful charity. With amazing work throughout the world, once you join you never want to leave!

The organisation is a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable people (children and adults) and expects all staff and volunteers to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to safer recruitment processes, including an application for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check where required for the post.

You may also have experience in areas such as Digital, Digital Content, Digital Development, Content Creator, Content Creation, Digital Assistant, Digital Content Assistant, Digital Development Assistant, Content Creator Assistant, Content Creation Assistant, Digital Marketing, Website Content, Social Media Content.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.