Communications Officer (External)

This post is based in Link’s Edinburgh or Falkirk office. However, hybrid working is available with this role.

Are you a creative communications professional looking to work with an organisation helping people and building sustainable communities? If so, the exciting and rewarding role of Communications Officer (External) with Link is the ideal opportunity to let your skills shine!

The ideal candidate will have outstanding communications skills and experience in delivering impactful campaigns and projects for a range of audiences. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established team where your passion, ideas and experience will contribute meaningfully to how we communicate with our customers. If this sounds like something you would be a good match we’d be delighted to hear from you.

The jobholder will lead on aspects of and contribute to the delivery of a high-quality external communications service, ensuring key organisational messages and “good news” stories are delivered effectively. This job will have key responsibility to make best use of digital and social media platforms.

At Link, people are at the heart of everything we do. Our people have made our award-winning social enterprise the success it is today and as it continues to grow, we want them to be the best they can be and to reach their potential.

About you: You will have experience of working in a communications or marketing role and of developing positive news stories across a range of media. You will have demonstrable knowledge of social media and experience of maintaining social media accounts for business use. The successful candidate will have led on producing newsletters and other publicity material and involvement in arranging events along with experience of producing photography and video materials. You will have strong numeracy and literacy skills, with the ability to write clearly and concisely for a range of audiences combined with being computer literate with demonstrable experience of Microsoft applications such as Word and Excel. Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to develop effective relationships with colleagues and external organisations, excellent organisational and time management skills combined with having a customer focused approach to service delivery and being self-motivated and able to work on own initiative are also essential.

In return you will be offered the opportunity to enhance your skills and knowledge through employee training and development. You can expect to work in a supportive, trusting and transparent working environment, with the autonomy to offer creative and innovative solutions whilst maintaining Link’s values; Responsibility, Empathy, Social Impact, Participate, Equality, Challenge and Transparency.

As an Investor in People, we strive for continuous improvement through the management and growth of our staff, offering a wide range of training and development opportunities. As a Link employee, you’ll likely benefit from the following:

• Competitive salary, reviewed annually, and opportunity for annual performance related salary increases and discretionary non-consolidated pay awards subject to terms of the scheme
• 35 days’ holiday per year (inclusive of public holidays) pro rata plus an additional 1 day’s pro rata holiday per year after 1 years’ service up to a maximum of 40 days per year
• Opportunity to buy and sell holiday days
• Enhanced company sick and family friendly pay
• Access to paid qualifications and a wide range of learning and development opportunities and funded professional membership
• Defined contribution pension with matched generous employer pension contributions plus salary exchange and additional voluntary contribution options
• Access to an Electric vehicle leasing scheme, subject to the terms of the scheme
• Life assurance scheme providing death in service benefits to named beneficiaries
• Healthcare cash plan for employees (and dependents) to support health and wellbeing plus discounts on shopping, restaurants and other services
• Employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate household dependants to support health, mental and financial well-being
• Annual flu vaccination
• Access to a savings and borrowing scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Travel season/travel ticket loan and much more!

You will work with colleagues who offer support to ensure our customers' expectations are met. In return, we are looking for applications from people who will contribute to our aims and work to the highest professional standards.

This post is subject to Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme registration.

Closing Date: midnight on Sunday 6 July 2025

Interview Date: Interviews are being held on Wednesday 16 July 2025 at our office in Edinburgh.

How to apply: Our online application method is the most efficient way to apply and can be started by clicking the “Apply Now” button on our website. You must complete an application form to be considered for any of our vacancies but you don’t need a CV to apply for our positions. Also, if you aren’t sure about how long you have to fill in the form, you will be able to save it and return to it by clicking on the ‘My Applications’ tab of the vacancy search page and entering your username and password. We can offer suitable alternative methods to apply if requested including although not exclusively; hard copy, Braille and audio. You can request these by emailing our Resourcing Team detailing which format you would require. Please note that CVs will not be considered.

Link is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all sectors of the community. Our offices are fully accessible to wheelchair users and we will interview all disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria.