Senior Communications Officer

 This is a 12 month fixed term contract. You will join our friendly team of nine, and work alongside the wider Engagement and Insight Directorate across the UK. Depending on your location and preference, you will be based in either the Cardiff or Newtown office. You are welcome to be based in the office full time, or a combination of home and office working. You will occasionally need to travel within Wales to work with community groups and charities, and to other offices across the UK to work with colleagues.  

• You will need a broad set of skills (including planning, writing and storytelling) so that you can play an active part in our multi-disciplinary communications team, and pick up other work when required. 
• You will be a flexible worker, comfortable using your own initiative to lead pieces of work or working collaboratively with colleagues. 
• You will need to be well-organised and able to prioritise.
• You will work with groups who have successfully applied for a grant from us, to help tell the story of how they’ve benefited from National Lottery funding to a range of audiences. 
• You will get the chance to interview some of their inspirational staff and volunteers and hear from the people they have helped. 
• You will create visual and written content, adapting your style to suit press, broadcast and digital media channels. 
• You will work with colleagues across the Fund supporting both Wales specific and UK Wide campaigns. You could be leading on creating videos and podcasts, organising photoshoots and holding events. 
• You will be assigned work and projects to work on, and will also be expected to use your creativity and initiative to create content. 
Welsh language skills are desirable. We can provide support and training to learners. Our team are predominantly Welsh speakers, so there is always plenty of opportunity to use and practise your Welsh, and work through the medium of Welsh is that’s your preference. 
Interview Date: Thursday, 22 February 2024 (Teams or face to face)
Location: Based in Cardiff or Newtown, with flexibility to regularly work from home

On application, please align your supporting statement to the criteria below.

Essential criteria

• The ability to work with a diverse range of stakeholders to find interesting stories.
• Experience of producing succinct and accurate copy and digital media content to deadline.
• Experience of developing and maintaining a network of key stakeholders.
• Able to make decisions quickly, follow internal processes and work effectively as part of a busy team.
• Experience of writing for the media, running campaigns and/or creating content for digital media.
Desirable criteria

• Proficient in using software such as Microsoft Office 365 for collaborative working.
• An understanding of Wales’s voluntary and community sector. 
• Welsh language skills

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion  

Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.  

We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That’s why the National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages. 

As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.)