Digital Content Editor

2024 is a big year for us as we turn 200 years young! We are proud of our long standing history in campaigning for a better world for animal  welfare. We were the first to introduce a law to protect animals and have been working hard ever since  to ensure that all animals can live free from pain and suffering. Through our campaigns we raise standards of care, and awareness of issues, affecting animals today. Our vision is to one day live in a world where all animals are respected and treated with compassion. And that is what we work towards every day.

We are looking for a new team member as A Digital Content Editor you will be working as part of the Digital Experience team on a 12 Month FTC.

• Working hours: 35 hours / Mon – Friday.
• Hybrid role: The role will be hybrid working from our South East Regional Hub – (Horsham West Sussex) or our London Hub in Blackfriars with a flexible approach to remote working. Trips to our Hub offices will be for core collaboration.

We role model our values through our people culture and keep connected through regular/daily check-in’s and team meetings, your colleagues are always on hand to support or chat. It’s important to us that you feel part of our team from the get go!

Are you ready to be part of our journey and make a difference?

We offer a wide range of benefits to recognise your contributions at RSPCA.

• 35 hour week
• Great Annual Leave benefits – 25 days annual leave on joining increasing each year to a maximum of 31 days (pro rata for part-time)
• Additional Society day around Christmas.
• Flexibility in hours – with the introduction of Core Hours staff can work their 35 hours flexibly across Monday to Friday. Core hours are 10.00am – 15.00 (please note this isn’t available for our frontline animal care roles)
• Generous pension scheme
• Career development through our in-house Learning & Development training
• Charity worker discounts: Access to hundreds of discounts across many retailers, travel, insurance & cinema tickets.
• Dog friendly offices at our London & South East Hub!

Here at RSPCA we know it’s a cliche but no two days are the same, as a Digital Content Editor we’ve added a short summary of what a typical day might look like, for a full insight please refer to the attached job description.

Your main purpose in this role will be to develop strong, inspiring digital content that effectively communicates the variety and importance of RSPCA work to many different audiences in order to trigger action and engagement. This could be from taking part in advocacy campaigns to donating online, you will need to ensure that the copy on the website and connected digital channels supports the RSPCA’s objectives and meets the brand guidelines in style, tone of voice, and is accessible.

• Proven writing skills including proofreading and editing, with an excellent grasp of grammar.
• Web writing skills
• Experience of working within brand or house-style guidelines for copy.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven marketing planning abilities.
• Project management skills: to independently manage delegated assignments.
• Ability to problem solve and use evidence based research to define solutions to existing and future questions.
• Understanding of the role of copy in web user experience and SEO.
• Experience in using a web content management system to create/maintain website content.
• Experience of Google Analytics.

We are really lucky that some of our roles attract a high level of interest and for this reason we review applications as they are received, unfortunately on some occasions this means roles may close earlier than advertised; so early submissions are highly recommended. 

We want to ensure we do all we can to give you a positive candidate experience through our recruitment. Whilst we do try to give feedback where we can, sometimes due to receiving high levels of applications, this may not always be possible

We recognise that a diverse and inclusive workforce is essential to achieving our core mission. For this reason we actively encourage a wide diversity of applications – in particular from members of minority ethnic groups, and people with disabilities – as these candidates are currently under-represented at the RSPCA.

Should you need any support with your application or interview process please contact [email protected]

Our mission is to ensure animals have a good life by rescuing and caring for those in need, by advocating on behalf of all animals and by inspiring everyone to treat them with compassion and respect