Organic social media officer

About this Role

The National Education Union (NEU) is a powerful force for change in education, representing 500,000 teachers, lecturers, support staff, and leaders. As we undertake an extensive staffing review, this is an exciting time to join us on our journey to becoming a more agile, strategic, and powerfully coordinated trade union—ready to meet the challenges of the future and drive lasting change in education.

We are currently looking to appoint an organic social media officer to support the senior digital communications and campaigns officer to create and implement the union’s social media strategies in order to recruit, retain and engage/mobilise members, engage and influence stakeholders, and celebrate the union’s success. To provide expertise in creating a variety of social media campaigns for a range of social media platforms to promote the union’s campaigns, build awareness of organising efforts, promote benefits and resources to a range of audiences and to grow digital engagement.

You will be responsible under the senior digital communications and campaigns officer, for the creation, maintenance and scheduling of content across the union’s social media platforms to support the union’s campaigns and priorities. You will oversee the day-to-day management of the union’s social media, involving creating, editing, writing, proofing and scheduling social media content, and spotting opportunities to update or create new content avenues The role will work closely with other social media officers to deliver holistic social media campaigns.

Prospective applicants are also advised that your normal place of work will be the NEU office specified in this advert and that the NEU operates ‘blended working arrangements’ for office-based staff, which means you will typically need to be based in the designated NEU office for three to four days a week (based on a full-time contract), with the remaining days based at home, and subject to business needs.

In addition to salary, we offer good conditions including 33 days’ annual leave plus Christmas closure days and a defined benefit pension scheme. Salary and benefits are pro-rata for part-time applicants.

Further information

Further details can be downloaded from our website at https://neu.org.uk/working-neu where applicants will be able to complete an online application on our recruitment portal. Closing date is mid-day Thursday, 20 November 2025.

THE UNION IS FUNDAMENTALLY COMMITTED TO EQUAL OPPORTUNIES IN ITS POLICIES AND PRACTICE