Job Description

Job details

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Job reference
REQ6495
Date posted
21/11/2025
Application closing date
07/12/2025
Location
Aylestone Leisure Centre
Salary
34,314 - 37,035 Per Year
Package
Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): 50,337.32
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Full time
Job category/type
Sports and Leisure

Content Officer

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Job description
Full Time / 37 hours / Permanent





As a Content Officer at Active Leicester, you'll have the opportunity to shape the future of sports and recreation in our city. Your passion for content creation and marketing, combined with your dedication to community engagement, will be instrumental in inspiring more people to lead active, healthy lifestyles. Develop innovative content and marketing campaigns that resonate with diverse audiences across multiple platforms.



Unlike traditional marketing roles, this position offers a unique opportunity to combine your expertise with a deep commitment to community development. You'll work closely with local stakeholders, community groups, and partners to create impactful initiatives that promote health and well-being.



This is a full time, permanent position. You'll be based at Aylestone Leisure Centre however, you will be required to travel across the city to undertake site visits.

What you'll be doing

Your day-to-day activities will be dynamic and varied. You'll balance content creation with strategic planning, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to promote sports and recreation in our community. Develop and manage high-quality content for various platforms, including social media, websites, email newsletters, print publications, advertising, and videos. Analyse content performance using digital analytics tools, providing data-driven insights to improve effectiveness.

What you'll need

Strong content creation skills, digital marketing expertise, and the ability to make data-driven decisions. Creative problem-solving and effective collaboration with colleagues are essential. Staying updated on industry trends and building strong stakeholder relationships.



Effective communication skills to help work closely with various Active Leicester team members to ensure content aligns with overall strategy and objectives.

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You'll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We'll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.

Join us

We're committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That's why we've designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We'll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the 'our approach to recruitment' page.

For an informal chat about this post, please contact Emily Ashwin via email to emily.ashwin@leicester.gov.uk or call on 0116 454 1699

Interviews/Assessments will take place on Tuesday 16th December 2025