We’re recruiting:

Digital Strategy Officer — The Break Down

Location
Remote (UK-based).
Salary
Starting at £32,475 FTE (pro rata) with annual pay progression.
Responsible to
Director – The Break Down
Contract Type
2 years fixed, with potential for renewal.
Hours
30 hours/week (total hours flexible).
Start Date
March 2025 or ASAP
Application Deadline

26.2.2025 12:00 PM

About the role

Digital 

 You will support The Break Down’s publishing and digital output by: 

  • Processing uploads of text and audiovisual content to The Break Down website using a CMS (Webflow) ensuring publications are on time and checking for errors.
  • Supporting the production and dissemination (via MailChimp/Substack) of newsletters and other content. 
  • Supporting the development and management of new subscription streams for written and audio/visual content, such as Patreon and Substack.

Social Media 

You will deliver the day-to-day social media obligations for The Break Down including:   

  • Managing social media accounts, including drafting posts and other content for Bluesky, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and other platforms as needed.
  • Identifying key stories and concepts for social media output, including through monitoring relevant climate and environmental news.
  • Helping to draft insightful and engaging social media content that breaks down complex ideas and current events for general audiences.
  • Producing social media design assets, including quote cards, infographics, videos and charts.  
  • Producing website design assets from existing templates, working with Common Wealth’s Senior Designer.  
  • Monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of The Break Down’s social media output and impact, identifying opportunities for growth and improvement.
  • Contributing to The Break Down’s longer term digital and social media strategy, including suggesting new platforms, forms of content, campaigns etc.

Project Management   

Support the timely and impactful delivery of The Break Down’s outputs by assisting with planning and delivery of social and digital media, including:  

  • Contributing to project development by feeding into the digital and social media vision for The Break Down’s outputs.  
  • Working respectfully and productively with colleagues within The Break Down, and Common Wealth teams, as well as with external partners and contacts.

‍‍‍Events‍

Support The Break Down’s forthcoming events programme by:   

  • Organising and managing livestreams and social media for events. 
  • Supporting event planning, such as live podcast recordings, launch events etc.  

 NB. The Break Down is a small and dynamic initiative, so from time to time there will be a  requirement to undertake tasks across different areas, within reason. 

Apply

To apply, please send your CV (no more than two pages) and a brief cover letter outlining how your skills and experience align with the position (no more than one page) to jobs@common-wealth.org by noon (GMT) on Wednesday 26th February.

‍Due to the volume of applications we usually receive, we regret that we are unable to offer feedback to individual applicants. 

‍We are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone, regardless of their background. We believe this is crucial to ensuring the legitimacy and effectiveness of our work. We recognise that people face systemic oppression based on factors including their gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age and disability, and therefore we have a responsibility to centre anti-oppression in our work.

We acknowledge that people from a number of communities are underrepresented in our team and in the wider economic justice movement, and we’re committed to doing what we can to address this. If you believe you would bring greater diversity to our team, we’re keen to hear from you. We are open to assisting with childcare or other duties that may prevent candidates from attending an interview.