Job Description

Description

Directorate:

Marketing, Education, Events and Membership

Reports to:

Marketing and Communications Manager

Salary range:

33,457 - 38,250 per annum, depending on experience

Location:

London - EC4Y 8EE (Hybrid)

Contract:

Permanent, full-time (31.5 hours over 5 days)

Job Purpose

Help shape the voice of rheumatology and make a difference to people living with rheumatic conditions. We're looking for a creative and proactive marketing and communications professional to join BSR. The post-holder will support the planning and implementation of marketing and digital campaigns for a wide range of BSR projects, connecting us with our community. Managed by the Marketing and Communications Manager, the role is responsible for planning and building powerful marketing emails and newsletters in Dotdigital, creating digital assets, running social media content, running paid campaigns, and providing performance reports and insights. The role also includes updating website content, advising on SEO and user experience, and using analytics to support data-driven decision-making. Whether it's promoting an event, launching a research initiative, or raising awareness of vital issues, your work will help us reach and inspire the right audiences.

Main responsibilities

Plan and deliver imaginative marketing campaigns and social media activity to support excellence in rheumatology and support better care for people with rheumatic conditions. Manage content requests and workflows; create and publish meaningful copy and visuals across digital channels. Build and schedule email campaigns and newsletters, using audience segmentation, automation, and testing to improve engagement. Maintain and update website content, ensuring strong user experience and search engine visibility (SEO). Turn data into direction: Monitor and report on campaign and social media performance using analytics tools; provide insights to inform strategy. Design or coordinate creation of marketing assets, ensuring alignment with brand guidelines. Support lead generation initiatives and contribute to cross-functional projects with marketing expertise. Write and edit content with purpose, across formats including blogs, newsletters, reports. Stay informed on competitor activity and sector trends to inform campaign planning and innovation. Collaborate with colleagues to support the organisation's wider communications and engagement objectives

General

Flexibility, proactive approach to work and willingness to take on occasional duties deemed reasonable for the role and circumstances. Occasional travel and ability to work out of normal office hours when necessary is expected including attendance and overnight stays at BSR conferences and events.

Person Specification

Scheduling and writing content including briefs for agencies

Creating assets for digital channels using design programmes such as Adobe Creative Cloud

Planning and building newsletters and email marketing automations

Supporting SEO through keyword research, content optimisation, and link strategies

Using analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics, social media insights) to evaluate campaign performance

Supporting paid social media campaigns or advertising activity

Working with a CRM system to segment audiences or support campaign planning

Competency with website CMS management and understanding of UX/UI best practice

Lead generation techniques and programmes desirable

Strong ability to work with multiple deadlines and adapt to changes

Benefits of working at BSR

We offer a wide range of benefits, most of which start from day one of joining us. Our benefits fall into four main areas: Wellbeing, Time- based, Learning and development, and Financial. Just some of them include:

Wellbeing:

Free period products in our office Free flu vaccinations Mental Health First Aiders BUPA healthcare scheme- we offer a cash plan, which you can add children or partners to Employee Assistance Programme. This is a free, confidential counselling service to all staff, as well as a general advice service provided by BUPA WeCare offers access to a 24/7 virtual GP, as well as a mental health support service, a get fit programme and an online portal with lots of helpful resources Our enhanced sick pay offer is: + Up to two years' service: 4 weeks full pay and 4 weeks half pay
+ After two years' service: 12 weeks full pay and 12 weeks half pay
We work in a social environment with a range of activities, both virtual and in person, run by our Social Squad. This includes an organisation- wide volunteering day.

Time-based:

We offer 30 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays All staff can request sabbaticals at any point, which are considered on a case-by-case basis We also offer an extra day for moving house Bank holiday swaps- you can swap a bank holiday day for another day's leave (entitlement remains 1:1 days) We're a 4 day week employer, which at BSR means working your fulltime hours (31.5 each week) over 5 days

Learning and development

We will help you develop your career by supporting your personal development and encouraging internal progression. This includes recognising individuals' achievements through our internal staff awards. We offer a huge range of learning opportunities, both in-house and externally. This includes a thorough induction programme when you join us, as well as development opportunities aimed at line managers, and wellbeing-based learning sessions. And if professional membership is a required part of your role, we'll cover the cost of that.

Financial:

We offer a performance related pay incentive scheme Income protection scheme You'll be enrolled on our pensions scheme with Aegon (via Second Sight). Our current pension match is 5% employer contribution if you contribute 4% (9% contribution in total). Our life assurance policy pays three times your basic salary Interest free season ticket loans Ride-to-work scheme Interest-free loan scheme We also provide generous enhancements within our parental and family leave policies. + Our maternity/shared parental/adoption offer is 6 weeks at full pay, 33 weeks at half pay, followed by 13 weeks at the statutory rate.
+ Our paternity leave offer is 6 weeks at full pay.

About British Society for Rheumatology

The British Society for Rheumatology is a membership organisation which brings together expertise from across the rheumatology profession, harnessing a wide variety of experience and skills to ensure we are supporting our members to the very best of our combined ability. Involving patients and carers at every step, we aim to ensure that physicians and clinicians are equipped to provide high-quality care.

We're a small organisation with huge ambitions. If you're looking for an organisation with a one-team feel where you'll be able to develop professionally and have the autonomy to run with your ideas, we might be a match for you.

We have a great

benefits package

, and wellbeing is a key part of our People and Culture strategy. We're a

4.5 day week

employer, which means full time is 31.5 hours per week, spread over 5 days. We work in a hybrid way, coming together as a whole staff team once a month, and then deciding at team level when and how to work together most effectively in person.



We're proud to have won several HR awards, to be a Living Wage accredited employer, and are committed to encouraging inclusion, equality and diversity in our workforce. Our values guide our decision making and our behaviours, and we'll ask you about these at interview stage.

You can find out more about each of the individuals who make up

our staff team

as well as

read more about our

vision, mission and values

.

Make sure you've had a read through of our

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How to Apply

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page before you submit your application, and that you've added your cover letter into the

Personal Summary

section.



BSR is committed to encouraging inclusion, equality and diversity in our workforce. We are actively trying to increase the diversity of our staff team. We try to reduce as many barriers as we can for those with a disability, which you can find out more about here. We welcome approaches from individuals from underrepresented groups, including those from minoritised communities, and those with a disability, to better reflect the community we serve and help broaden our perspectives.