Journalist

Journalist

Ongoing role
J98844
At a glance

Skills

  • Copywriting / Journalism
  • Public relations
  • Social media marketing
  • Media production (video/audio)

Where

Nottingham, NG3 4PY
Remote opportunity

Time

Mostly during office hours Estimate of time needed:
3-7 hours / week

We are currently recruiting a Journalist to support a variety of content tasks related to the social enterprise’s current projects. We are looking for an individual who is passionate, hands-on and can multi-task.

 

What will you be doing?

As a Journalist within the organisation you will be required to

  • Research, write, edit, and proofread news stories, features, and articles.
  • Read press releases, interview sources, and verify statements and facts.
  • Create scripts for podcast episodes. This will help guide the team on the structure of each episode and what content needs to be recorded/collated for each episode.
  • Host and create video discussions.
  • Coordinate with the business development  team for new assignments.
  • Collaborate with customers on sponsored content.
  • Attend events (both virtual and live) as required.

Our Journalist will work with the rest of the content team as well as the administration team. The hours and days for this role are flexible. 

 

What are we looking for?

Experience 

3 years prior experience in journalism and audio/video production (podcast, TV etc) is essential.

Skills and Competence 

  • proven journalism and research skills
  • a good phone manner when calling senior industry representatives
  • ability to maintain ethical and objective standards in reporting.
  • exceptional communication and networking skills, with the ability to effectively extract information.

What difference will you make?

Our mission is to use innovative means to address the problems facing its beneficiaries/service users. Your work within our content team will help us better our beneficiaries lives. 

 

Before you apply

Causes
  • Black, asian and minority ethnic groups
  • Children / families
  • Climate action
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Financial inclusion
  • Health and well being / research and care
  • International development
  • Local / community
  • Training / employment support
  • Women
  • Young people
  • Organisation type: 
    Social enterprise

    The Community Revolution is an organisation that focuses on using innovative means to address the problems facing it’s beneficiaries/service users. These include; skills training programmes,...