Social Media Officer

About this Role

Can you create impactful, viral content to help us win for working people?

The TUC is looking for a dynamic Social Media Officer to join our creative and collaborative social media team.

Our content regularly reaches millions, shapes debates and engages politicians, influencers and key decision-makers.

In this role, you’ll develop innovative, viral content and train and support workers to produce powerful and authentic digital content.

You’ll get to work on some of the TUC’s most innovative, groundbreaking projects and collaborate with our external project partners New Economy Organisers Network.

What experience, skills, knowledge and understanding do you need?

• You’ll have a track record of making innovative social content that makes an impact.

• You’ll be passionate about training up workers to produce social media - and can inspire digital confidence in people from a range of backgrounds.

• You’ll know what’s going viral, the creators having a big impact - and how to adopt the latest trends.

If this sounds like you, please see our job description and person specification.

Further information

We welcome applications from any candidate but are particularly keen to receive applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, who are underrepresented at this grade in the TUC. Therefore, if you’re BME and are interested in the post, we invite you to join an online briefing at 1 pm, on Thursday 20th November about the post, to hear about the TUC and ask questions of the recruiting manager.

If you’d like to attend the briefing, please email [email protected] by 12 noon on Tuesday 18th November 2025. You don’t need to attend the briefing session to apply.

We are open to secondments from unions or progressive organisations.

The closing date for completed applications for this post is 12 noon, Monday 24th November 2025. The TUC removes candidate names and institutions attended from all applications before shortlisting.

There’ll be one interview in this process – on 10th or 11th December 2025.

TUC staff enjoy a good benefits package including final salary pension scheme and other benefits. The TUC values a diverse workforce and welcomes applications from all sections of the community and from within and outside of the trade union movement.

The TUC operates an anonymised recruitment process and names are not included during shortlisting. We don’t ask for details of educational institutions attended.