Social Media Assistant

Department:

- Marketing, Student Recruitment and Admissions
- Location:

- York
- Salary:

- £25,804 to £26,707 per annum
- Closing Date:

- Monday 27 October 2025 at midnight
- Interview Date:

- Friday 14 November 2025
- Reference:

- 167-25

**Full time permanent**

**Location: York**

**Salary: £25,804 to £26,707 per annum**

**Introduction to York St John University**
Welcoming, challenging and inspiring, York St John University is an empowering place to learn and a rewarding place to work. We're looking for a creative, thoughtful social media assistant to join the Communications team at our award-winning campus in York. You’ll join a busy, purposeful environment at the University of the Year for Social Inclusion in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025.

**The team**

The Communications team at York St John is a vibrant, multi-functional group that covers all internal and external communications with staff, students and external parties.

This role will expand the team to seven people who cover a wide range of functions, making sure that internal and external stakeholders are up to date on the latest news and events while ensuring that the University is seen in the best possible light.

**The role**

This role, reporting to the Social Media Manager, is responsible for supporting a proactive and professional social media function for York St John University. You’ll develop accessible, inclusive content that engages with internal and external stakeholders, future and current students, staff alumni and community partners. In addition to the day-to-day monitoring of the main social media channels, you’ll also work on campaigns and impact analysis.

The post-holder will support colleagues to uphold the University’s brand guidelines and inclusive values.

**Required skills and experience**
- Professional experience of shaping clear messages and writing compelling copy for diverse audiences
- Digital skills to deploy communications across multiple platforms
- The ability to work across external and internal communications by building and maintaining relationships with external stakeholders, as well as with our staff and students.
- A creative and inclusive approach to coordinating and delivering social media communications.
- Experience of the HE environment is an advantage, but more important is a track record of delivering engaging social media activity, with the confidence and ability to work with teams from across York St John University.

**Additional information**

**Application process support**

**Our benefits package**

We offer a wide range of employee benefits including
- Excellent annual leave entitlement, including five discretionary university closure days over the Christmas period
- Disability leave (applies to staff who have disclosed a disability and is also available to staff with disabled dependants)
- Pension scheme
- Health Cash Plan after six months service
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Paid leave for Armed Forces Reservists
- On-campus courses, one-to-one tutorials, and online resources to help you develop your digital skills and work with new software
- Relocation expenses package for certain roles

**Further information about life at YSJ**

Our attached 'further information' document below provides further information about our culture, achievements and testimonials from our employees.

Read more about our culture, inclusive community, working arrangements and benefits for York St John employees

Read the latest news, views and stories from our staff and students.

Read more about our commitment to managing and reducing our environmental impact and to promoting sustainable development wherever we can.

**Closing Date -**Monday 27 October 2025 at midnight

**Provisional Interview Date -**Friday 14 November 2025