Communications/Content Editor

Communications/Content Editor

Ongoing role
J105277
At a glance

Skills

  • Copywriting / Journalism
  • Marketing strategy
  • Public relations

Where

London, Farringdon, EC4M 6EJ
Mainly at home
Travel limit? Preferably with ability to work at London office once a week

Time

Either in or out of office hours Estimate of time needed:
7-15 hours / week
Flexible hours, hybrid working, ideally Mondays, Tuesdays or Thursday for office visits to support the team on site.

Deadline

16 Jun 2025

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Welcome to Reach Volunteering. We are a community and registered charity that connects people, skills and good causes.

To apply for this role, and any other on our platform, you need to be based in the UK, have at least three years of experience using the skills you wish to volunteer in a professional capacity or have lived experience (for trustee roles). Read more about our criteria.

Can you offer creative flair, compelling writing ability, and passion about green spaces in London? Bring your descriptive writing skills to raise our profile, reach new audiences, and attract support for our campaigns.

What will you be doing?

You will play an essential role in spreading the word about our work and campaigns by developing engaging newsletters and social media content, inspiring others to embrace a greener London and its links to the countryside.

We are seeking to expand our current, small dedicated team, so if you can offer limited time during 'term time' or 'school holidays' we aim to accommodate flexible working patterns for the benefit of consistent content delivery.

Key Areas of Responsibility

Duties may include, but are not limited to:  

  • Using your creativity to write compelling copy which raises the profile and work of CPRE London 
  • Proofreading, restructuring and editing articles 
  • Developing a balanced range of new content which may include current news, opinion pieces and campaign features for our communications to update the CPRE London website 
  • Working with the social media volunteer to promote new content 
  • Creating and sending our monthly newsletter  
  • Maintaining and adding to the image library
  • Using photos and images to good visual effect and to represent the full range of our work and the people involved  
  • Overseeing overall content in line with brand guidelines, liaising with the national CPRE communications and website team 
  • Optimising published pieces for SEO

 Our team will provide training and support to develop your role.

What are we looking for?

Key Skills & Experience 

  • Experience of writing for publications and the web
  • Great communication skills and an engaging style of writing
  • Content editing and attention to detail
  • An interest in environmental issues and enthusiasm for our aims
  • Work independently and as part of a team

What difference will you make?

Our Vision is  for London is to be a green, sustainable and vibrant world city. Your role will be key in helping us promote and share how we meet the challenge is for a better use of land and a wiser stewardship of natural resources. London should have a dynamic economy, be surrounded by pleasant countryside and become a greener, more sustainable city with lower carbon emissions and less waste. Our media message needs to encourage a stronger sense of place, with better urban design, good quality of life and greener, safer neighbourhoods for everyone who lives in, works in or visits London. 

Before you apply

Please submit a CV and covering letter to demonstrate how your skills match our requirements

Causes
  • Campaigning
  • Climate action
  • Environment
  • Gardens and parks
  • Health and well being / research and care
  • Organisation type: 
    Charity

    London’s fields, parks, meadows and woodlands are under threat. Despite evidence that green spaces keep our citizens healthy, sustain wildlife, and protect against heat and floods caused by...