Junior Copywriter

RSPB; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job description

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Base pay range

Junior Copywriter - Fixed-Term

Reference: DEC20241449

Location: Flexible in UK

Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave

Contract: Fixed Term for 12 months

Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week

The RSPB reserves the right to extend or make this role permanent without further advertising dependent on business needs at the end of the contract term.

This vacancy offers a chance to immerse yourself in a charity creative team for 12 months and gain copywriting skills across a range of channels and audiences.

You will gain transferable skills in:

• Working for a large charity
• Working within an in-house creative team
• Responding to creative briefs and challenges
• Working across teams and departments
• Working to deadlines
• Responding to approver feedback

You will also get:

• A portfolio of work across different platforms
• The successful candidate will be a skilled and creative writer, demonstrated through experience including coursework, volunteering or community groups, or personal endeavours.

Responsibilities:

• Writing for a range of audiences and channels, using RSPB brand tone of voice
• Bringing complex ideas to life in a clear and engaging manner
• Working collaboratively to solve communications challenges

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• Excellent writing skills and basic understanding of editorial and marketing copy
• Ability to consider the needs of different audiences
• Experience of creating content on a variety of different channels, including web, email and social media
• Good team-working skills with a practical approach, happy to pick up work from others in the team
• Communication skills and the ability to take a complex idea and distil it into copy that is easy to understand and mean people take action
• Able to show initiative and problem-solve
• Keen interest in nature and issues affecting the environment

We are provisionally looking to conduct interviews for this position from week commencing 19th May 2025.

Please note that we are actively recruiting for this position, and reserve the right to close this vacancy once sufficient applications have been received.

Interested?

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website.

As part of this application you will be asked to provide a copy of your CV and complete a short form. If you wish to provide a cover letter with your application, please include this at the end of your CV document upload.

We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.

No agencies please.

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Marketing and Writing/Editing

Industries

Non-profit Organizations