Content Administrator

**About The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh**

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh is an independent membership organisation dedicated to the education, training and advancement of surgeons, dental surgeons, doctors, and various individuals throughout healthcare who are involved in the surgical care of patients. The College has a current membership approaching 32,000 and growing, with members spanning over 100 countries around the world.

From our founding in 1505, the College has been committed to the advancement of surgery and driving patient safety standards worldwide. In our 515-year history, there has never been a better time to join the College than now.

**Working with us**

At the College we aim to embrace views from across the organisation, sharing common goals and values for the betterment of healthcare through the advancement of surgical and dental professionals. We aim to develop teams that are reflective of the needs of our members and maximise the potential of every employee.

To reflect the varying needs across the organisation, we offer a range of policies and benefits for our workforce including a generous 42 days annual leave, flexible working practices, enhanced employer pensions contribution and various discounts throughout the College including the Ten Hill Place Hotel, 1505 Café and free entry to Surgeons’ Hall Museums.

**Position**:
Working as a member of the Marketing and Communications Team, you will develop content for all the communications channels to support the campaigns, events and outreach work of the wider team. Content may be written, filmed, voiced or animated and could be delivered in any media channel in print, video, projection, podcast, html or by any other means.

You will be an excellent storyteller, working with the wider MarComms team, other staff and volunteers to identity opportunities for content that carries our propositions and key messages, with high standards of creativity enhancing the college brand.

You will develop a Content Playbook, setting out our content themes and objectives for content across a range of platforms. You will have the skills to produce content in-house (including copywriting, video production and design), and work with creative agencies to develop social content to exceptional standards of design and storytelling.

You will have an in-depth knowledge of current trends in social media and web development and develop proposals for future content themes or engagement with new platforms.

You will have a good understanding of communications and take responsibility for community management for all social media platforms and online forums.

For every task, you will bring your own ideas, creativity and enthusiasm, and ensure our work is outcome focussed to achieve good results for the college and our community of members.

You will be an enthusiastic team player, working across the team and the college, building positive working relationships with colleagues and volunteers, and contributing positively to meetings and discussions. You will take ownership of your tasks and projects, and be accountable for sound project planning, project budgets, record keeping and reporting outcomes and results.

**Requirements**:
This is a superb opportunity for an individual who is confident, methodical, organised and conscientious.

Ideally you will be a new graduate of a creative or marketing degree. You must have a good command of the English language and be experienced in delivering content on all major social sites. You should have a good eye to find the shot that will tell the story.

You will have excellent communication and team working skills. You will be a proficient user of the MS Office suite and have the ability to prioritise your workload with minimum supervision. A high level of professionalism and diplomacy is required for the role as is a willingness to take on new challenges and be receptive to change.

**Other information**: