Leap Content Creator

Buckinghamshire Council; Aston Clinton; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team dedicated to improving lives through physical activity and sport. As a content creator, you'll craft compelling communications that engage diverse audiences, from policy makers to educators. This role offers the chance to make a real difference in the community by producing engaging content for various platforms. With a focus on collaboration and creativity, you'll be part of a passionate team committed to tackling inequalities and promoting well-being in Buckinghamshire. If you're looking for a rewarding opportunity to use your skills for social good, this is the perfect role for you.

Benefits

Flexible Working Arrangements

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounted Gym Memberships

Travel Discounts

Generous Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in creating engaging content for various platforms.
• Strong ability to adapt communications for different audiences.

Responsibilities

• Produce engaging content for website, social media, and promotional materials.
• Maintain Leap's website and adhere to brand guidelines.

Skills

Content Creation

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Social Media Management

SEO Optimization

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Communications or related field

Tools

Graphic Design Software

Content Management Systems

Job description

Looking to work in an energetic, positive team where you can make a difference to people’s lives? Leap is on a mission to improve lives through the power of physical activity, movement and sport by removing barriers to movement and tackling stubborn inequalities.

We are looking for an excellent communicator with skills across written, video, and visual content creation. Applicants should have a positive and proactive approach with strong organisational skills.

Working across a broad range of sectors, you’ll create communications to engage policy makers, service commissioners, educators, charity leaders and delivery organisations.

Take a leap and join our fast-paced passionate team to help residents in Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes start well, live well and age well.

About us

Buckinghamshire Council is a relatively new organisation that combines the strengths and expertise of the previous five councils in the county to create positive change for local people, communities, and businesses. We are firmly focused on the future and have made a clear commitment to serve residents better and to provide stronger representation for Buckinghamshire, both locally and nationally.

Leap is a social enterprise that exists to improve the lives of residents in Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes (through regular movement, physical activity, and sport.)

As a small passionate team, we focus our work on priority groups and places that will benefit the most from physical activity. We know that the least active people have the most to gain from regular movement. However there are a whole host of complex inter-connected barriers preventing people from being active. Leap’s mission is to break down barriers to movement and tackle inequalities in activity levels.

We've operated in the county for 25 years, are hosted by Buckinghamshire Council and are part of a network of other Active Partnerships across England. Whilst we love movement and activity, we don't deliver it directly but instead work with a skilled network of people who provide opportunities across the county. The local embodiment of Sport England’s Uniting the Movement in Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes, we interpret national strategy for our local setting.

Joining the team you can expect to work across a broad range of work areas, from education, community and health. We have a positive, ‘can-do’ culture and collaboration and team work is fundamental to how we work.

You can find out more about Leap and our work at www.leapwithus.org.uk

In our last people survey, 100% of Leap employees said they would recommend it as a place to work.

“It's really rewarding and it's great working in such a highly energised team at Leap.”
(Leap Team member, People Survey 2024)

“Working for Leap enables me to make a positive difference to society and provides the opportunity to work with passionate, committed and talented colleagues and partners.” (Leap Team member, People Survey 2024)

What do our partners say?
“It is always a pleasure working with the team at Leap. A key partner for any organisation delivering health priorities across Buckinghamshire” (Feedback from one of our partner organisations)

“Very professional and engaged organisation that seeks to work in close partnership to enhance opportunities for health and social gain. Willing to be very active partners and to work collaboratively. Very generous and sharing information, advice and activities.” (Bucks Health & Social Care Academy)

About the role

As content creator, you’ll be responsibility for producing engaging and relevant material for various platforms including website, social media, email and promotional material to boost awareness of and engagement with Leap and our work.

Using creativity and expertise you’ll craft content that resonates with the target audience of policy makers, service commissioners, educators, charity leaders and delivery organisations.

You’ll need to be confident creating written content, videos, images, and graphics. Additionally, the content creator will review engagement and feedback to continuously improve and adapt their content strategies.

Key responsibilities include:

• Contributing to the maintenance of Leap website, adhering to update procedures, brand guidelines and SEO optimization. Create and edit content for publication on the website including blog posts, page content and events.
• Support the Leap team with delivery of essential project communications as well as contributing to the delivery of key strategic communications.
• Research, write copy, schedule messages, respond to and engage with existing and potential partners on social media.
• Design a variety of graphic resources to support Leap’s communications including social media graphic, infographics, documents, reports and promotional material.

The content creator role offers a special opportunity to work across the breadth of Leap’s work, with all team members and wider partners too.

Fixed

As a ‘fixed’ worker, you’ll spend most of your time in the same location, which will likely be a fixed office or location where your role is performed. Typically, you’ll be based in the same location as the rest of your team, because you provide a particular service from that fixed location or need access to information there.

About you

We are looking for someone who is positive and has a proactive approach. You’ll be well supported by internal Leap staff, and the wider network of Active Partnerships, but will need to be confident working independently too.

You’ll need to be experienced in adapting your communications to different audiences, internally and externally. Strong organisational skills are essential to ensure multiple work streams stay on track. With a commitment to continual improvement, you’ll also be practiced at reflecting on past work and applying learning to improve.

If you are a team player, with excellent communication skills who is passionate about improving society, we’d love to hear from you.

Other information

Number of positions available: 1

Application Process:For further information on this role, please see the attached job summary. If you would like to have an informal conversation about this role, please contact Kirsty Ingham (Head of Insight, Evaluation and Communications) via [e-mail]

Working Arrangements:Working 1-2 days in the office (Aston Clinton) with the remaining time working at home.

Interview Date:To be confirmed, in person at Leap Offices (Aston Clinton)

This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent cautions and/or unspent convictions

We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.

Our values and culture

We have a set of values, which our employees have chosen, that represent what we are – Proud, Ambitious, Collaborative and Trustworthy.

By joining Buckinghamshire Council, you can expect:

• a fair and inclusive culture
• the chance to really make a difference to those around you
• health and well-being initiatives including an Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and mindfulness workshops
• a unified voice through our Employee Representative Group
• ongoing support, and the opportunity to develop and progress in your career with us
• opportunities to take part in fun activities such as fundraising and social events

At Buckinghamshire Council, we know that our biggest strength comes from the people that work for us, and that’s why we’re working hard to ensure we continue to be an accessible and inclusive organisation.

From dedicated staff networks overseen by our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Steering Group, to proudly standing as a Disability Confident employer, it’s important to us that all our colleagues feel engaged, listened to, and valued. Our offer of flexible working empowers a productive and happy workforce and allows employees to combine work with other responsibilities and commitments.

We believe our workforce should reflect the diverse communities we service in Buckinghamshire, and are looking for like-minded individuals to join us in promoting equality, fairness, and inclusion for everyone.

About the Business Unit

Our Communities directorate works across the county to deliver a number of the key customer-facing services that our residents, businesses and visitors rely on every day.

This directorate includes a wide range of services, including:

• collecting and disposing of waste and recycling
• maintaining our roads and Rights of Way network and parking
• ensuring the delivery of school transport, and supporting sustainable travel including public bus services and School Crossing Patrollers
• managing Country Parks
• leisure facilities, museums, theatres and libraries, as well as developing our Cultural Strategy
• Licensing, Environmental Health and Trading Standards
• Cemeteries and Crematoria

The customer is central to how we develop and deliver all of these services, which help promote our rich and vibrant culture and special environment.

We are looking for enthusiastic, ambitious and committed individuals to join our team and help us to continue to make Buckinghamshire a great place to live, work and visit. This is an exciting time for us as we bring together the services previously run by five separate councils before Buckinghamshire Council was created. Whilst making major changes to contracts affecting residents across Bucks, we continue to focus on delivering great customer service. You will join us on our journey of continuous improvement - whether that’s through developing strategies and ways of working or delivering services on the ground, every person in Communities is a valued member of the team.

We recognise and reward you

Hard work and success deserves recognition. That’s why we pride ourselves on the benefits we give our people. We actively encourage a good work-life balance and promote flexible and agile working arrangements. We provide discounts on various Cafés, restaurants, shops and auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme. In addition to the opportunity to gain membership to Costco, we have discounted gym memberships, travel discounts with Arriva and much more.