About the job

Job summary

We are looking for a Communications and Engagement Officer to join our team at The National Lottery Community Fund in Wales. You will join our friendly team of nine, and work alongside the wider Engagement and Insight Directorate across the UK.

Job description

12 month fixed term contract 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 essential. 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.

Salary: £25,019 - £27,500, Pro rata 0.6 (3 days a week)

Deadline to apply: Monday, 11 March 2024

Interview Date: Friday 15 March 2024

Location: Based in Cardiff or Newtown, with flexibility to regularly work from home

If you would like an informal conversation about this role, please contact: rosie.dent@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk

Person specification

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.
• Ability to communicate in Welsh.

Desirable criteria

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

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.) 

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £25,019, The National Lottery Community Fund contributes £6,755 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

Please apply via our website, uploading your cv and writing a supporting statement aligned to the criteria in the advert.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.