Website & Digital Officer (up to 12 mths maternity leave)

Website and Digital Officer
Circa £25,200 per annum
Up to 12 months contract to cover maternity leave
Loughborough, Leicestershire (Hybrid working 3 days in the office and 2 working from home)
This is a unique opportunity to use your experience of managing websites and using content management systems to improve the lives of young people. For nearly 30 years the Youth Sport Trust (YST) has worked to improve the lives the young people through the power of sport. We create, develop and deliver programmes and initiatives that improve health, attendance, academic achievement and raise whole-school standards, equipping all young people with skills for life.
As Website and Digital Officer, you will help manage our websites and digital platforms This will include helping with the day-to-day running and ongoing development of our School Games website, including the user portal. This will involve working as the lead contact with our web agency to ensure that the structure and content fits organisational needs and engages website users. You will also oversee a digital marketing and social media plan for the School Games to engage with new and existing users, such as young people, schools, School Games Organisers, School Games County Alliances and National Governing Bodies of Sport. You will help produce website analytics for internal and external stakeholders too.
For this role you must have experience of managing websites and using content management systems. You will be used to co-ordinating digital and multimedia work with external web and design agencies as well as applying and policing house style and corporate identity online. With a good understanding of data management and digital technologies, you will also be familiar with producing content and managing digital assets. An excellent communicator, you will possess good interpersonal skills, an eye for detail and the ability to prioritise your workload too.
In return you will get to join a dynamic and energetic charity passionate about improving children’s lives where all staff are given the opportunity to engage in the leadership and direction of the organisation. Our values underpin everything we do, and we pride ourselves on a work culture which fosters innovation, creativity and personal passion. Benefits include generous annual leave entitlement, health cash plan, employee assistance programme and volunteering days. In 2022 we were ranked one of the best Mid-Sized Companies to work for in the UK.
If you have the skills to support our work and share our passionate belief in the benefits of sport for young people, we would like to hear from you. To apply please visit http://jobs.youthsporttrust.org and complete an online application.
The Youth Sport Trust believes that diversity drives excellence, and that representation is important. The Youth Sport Trust therefore positively welcomes and seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment. We encourage applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, sex, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.
Closing date for applications: 11:59pm on 4 February 2024
Interview date: 12 February 2024 in Loughborough
Registered charity number: 1086915