Senior Social Media Content Editor – 12-month Fixed Term Contract

Division: Communications

Department: Editorial and Social Media

Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £43,300 to 47,100 and London from £46,400 to £50,000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

This role is graded as: Senior Associate, Corporate

About the FCA and team

We regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth and shaping the future of UK finance services. In the FCA comms team we change opinions and behaviours to enable a fair and thriving financial services market for the good of consumers and the economy.

The Strategic Communications and News Department is a new one in the FCA’s communications Directorate. This department is at the heart of what and how the organisation communicates – working with the strategy team to help set and deliver the FCA’s external communication objectives and ensuring that our communication is clear, concise and compelling. The department is split into five teams: 3 focussed on strategic communications and news, editorial and speechwriting and a social media team, the team where this role sits.

This role is key to delivering enhanced social media communications for the FCA – paid for and organic – in support of our priorities, influencing key audiences and opinion formers to deliver public confidence and behaviour change objectives. This role will develop and shape social-first content ideas across two of our campaign areas, evaluate engagement and contribute to the solid performance of this small but important team.

Role responsibilities

• To support the Lead Associate on content creation, planning, scheduling & reporting
• To help deliver the social media strategy for organic and paid-for content by working effectively and collaboratively with Strategic Comms Partners, the Design team and other colleagues in the FCA.
• Day-to-day responsibility for their campaign areas: planning and producing engaging and accessible content for our target consumer and firm audiences
• Staying on top of trends and best practice, bringing inspiration to the team for how to make our channels effective and sharing knowledge with communications colleagues
• Monitoring and analysing social media performance metrics to identify areas for improvement and make data driven changes to the output on our feeds
• Ensuring consistency in brand messaging, tone and visual identity across channels

Skills required

• Minimum: Substantial experience of managing corporate social media accounts and a solid understanding of relevant platforms, including LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube
• Experience of video creation and editing for social media, including use of the Adobe design suite
• Demonstrable experience of delivering impactful creative social media campaigns
• Experience of turning complex technical content into engaging and original posts which align our brand and accessibility guidelines

Essential:

• Journalism or digital marketing qualification
• Practical experience with relevant platforms, tools and systems to support social media management, e.g. Hootsuite
• Able to work with colleagues and influence stakeholders professionally and constructively to deliver their work
• Able to get started quickly and manage multiple streams of work in a fast-paced environment
• Solid technical understanding of social media platforms, trends and opportunities – including those offered by AI
• Ability to quickly turn complex information into clear, compelling, concise social-first content tailored to the platform and audience
• Advanced copywriting skills incorporating digital first principles

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary
• Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection and 24/7 Employee Assistance
• 35 hours of paid volunteering annually
• Hybrid model where employees work a minimum of 40% in the office each month (expectation of 50% for senior leaders).
• Changing from September to a minimum of 50% in the office each month (expectation of 60% for Directors and Executive Directors)
• A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle

Our values and culture

Our colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture: one that’s free from discrimination and bias, celebrates difference and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better regulation. If you require any adjustments due to a disability or condition, your recruiter is here to help - reach out for tailored support. We welcome diverse working styles and aim to find flexible solutions that suit both the role and individual needs, including options like part-time and job sharing where applicable.

Disability confident: our hiring approach

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and therefore, people or individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. In cases of high application volumes we may progress applicants whose experience most closely matches the role’s key requirements.

Useful information and timelines

• Job advert closes: Midnight, 27/08
• CV Review/Shortlist: 31/08
• Interviews: w/c the 07/09

Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.