Content Writer

The Content Writer will create compelling and creative brand content. Working alongside the creative team, reporting to the Content Lead you will become knowledgeable about the role YHA plays across multiple marketplaces from domestic and international travel, educational and group residentials as well as our fundraising aims and objectives. You’ll inject a sense of fun and adventure to the YHA brand and a greater understanding for our audience in who we are as a charity and the role we play in making adventure accessible to all.

The role can be flexible with a mixture of working from home and office based depending on your preference. The ability to travel across the network would be beneficial. A love of the outdoors and the benefits it brings would help with understanding our mission in bringing adventure to all and our role in making it happen.

We are YHA.

What we’re looking for:

• A recent graduate or someone with experience in writing compelling and interesting content preferably within a marketing or communications environment.
• A passion for storytelling, content creation and execution, with a solid grasp of the English language, spelling, punctuation and grammar.
• Preferable to have experience in writing within a brand framework and a consistent tone of voice.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present information to a range of audiences in a clear and confident manner.
• Exceptional attention to detail and organisational skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong time management skills, with the ability to work on multiple projects in a fast-moving and continuously changing environment.
• Ability to work to deadlines and to manage workload effectively.
• IT literate with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

What you’ll get in return:

Working for a charity such as YHA can be extremely rewarding in itself, however, we also have a generous benefits package.

You can find out more here:

Recruitment Process

To ensure a fair and safe recruitment process the following documents are required:

• a completed online application form with equal opportunities monitoring screening included
• a covering letter
• your CV with links to blogs or articles written
• a short travel piece (no more than 200 words) on your favourite holiday experience - please email this to and our team will upload this for you.

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Please Note: to become an employee at YHA you must produce the correct ID for Right to Work in the UK and all DBS checks.