Social Media Manager

The National Heritage Memorial Fund; Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Social Media Manager to lead their digital presence. This role involves crafting innovative strategies and overseeing all social media channels to ensure impactful communication. You will work collaboratively with various teams to enhance the organization's outreach and engagement, ensuring that heritage is accessible to all. If you are excited about harnessing the power of social media to promote cultural heritage and connect communities, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a flexible and inclusive environment where your contributions will make a significant difference.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing social media channels and campaigns.
• Strong analytical skills to evaluate social media performance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement social media strategies to enhance engagement.
• Oversee content delivery and ensure alignment with marketing goals.

Skills

Social Media Strategy

Data Evaluation

Content Delivery

Creative Campaign Development

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Degree in Marketing, Communications, or related field

Tools

Social Media Management Tools

Analytics Software

Job description

Vacancy Type Permanent/Full Time Salary £33,564 to £39,869 (R3) Location Any of the Heritage Fund's offices in the following locations: Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester or Nottingham (Hybrid Working) Application Deadline Sunday, May 11, 2025 Job Summary

The National Lottery Heritage Fund

As the largest funder for the UK’s heritage, our vision is for heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future.

We believe in the power of heritage to ignite the imagination, offer joy and inspiration, and to build pride in place and connection to past.

Our mission is to use our expertise to support and champion the UK’s heritage and demonstrate the transformative potential of National Lottery funding through delivering our new strategy Heritage 2033. We ensure that money from The National Lottery makes a decisive difference for people, places and communities.

We are currently recruiting for a full time Social Media Manager on a permanent contract based in any of the Heritage Fund’s offices in the following locations: Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester or Nottingham (Hybrid Working).

The primary purpose of this post is to be responsible for the organisation’s social media strategy using data evaluation and latest social insights to keep abreast of new approaches and best practice.

The Social Media Manager will act as owner and gatekeeper for all social media channels. They will oversee the content delivery and budget, across our social media channels ensuring key messages reach the right audiences and add value to the work of the marketing, PR and wider BII teams. They will ensure high standards of output and insight across the organisation. They will be a key communications adviser and manage the social media output of communications colleagues and thought leaders in the organisation, providing training, guidance and workshops to improve standards. They will develop creative campaigns and highly effective ongoing partnerships and joint initiatives with stakeholder organisations.

If you are excited about helping ensure that heritage is inclusive and accessible to everyone, for now and future generations, then we want to hear from you.

• Applications close on 11 May 2025.
• Interviews are expected to take place on27 May 2025.

Our Values

Our Values and Behaviours sit at the heart of our work and are central to how we recruit. How you demonstrate our Values is just as important to us as your skills and experience.

• Inclusive of all aspects of heritage, people and communities
• Ambitious for our people, communities and heritage
• Collaborative by working and learning together
• Trusted for our integrity, expertise and judgement

Flexible Working

The National Lottery Heritage Fund has offices all over the UK and we champion a flexible approach to working where this supports our business needs. We have formally adopted a hybrid working approach. This means that most employees will work from their contracted Heritage Fund office twice a week at minimum. Time spent on site visits to projects or other meetings based at another Heritage Fund or external office are counted as part of those two days. The other days in the week employees may work from home.

Disability Confident Employer

We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for every vacancy. We always endeavour to make reasonable adjustments and special requirements can be discussed and arranged before an interview.

The National Lottery Heritage Fund pledges to provide an inclusive working and learning environment for our people which prioritises fairness, equality, diversity and inclusion as well as dignity and respect for all. We will create a workspace where intimidation, discrimination, harassment, bullying and victimisation are not tolerated and actively prevented and opposed.

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