Join the team: Communications Officer role
Here at the Wren Project, we are excited to share that we are currently recruiting for a Communications Officer.
If you’re a natural storyteller; love building online communities; feel confident managing different projects with energy and flair and feel passionate about the Wren Project’s mission - this is the ideal role for you.
Position: Communications Officer
Salary: £27,500 pro rata
Location: Hybrid or fully remote (London office available; occasional travel required)
Hours: 4 days a week (must include Mondays, flexible hours)
Contract: Permanent, 3 month probation period
Closing date: 17:00, Friday 26th September 2025
About the Role
The Communications Officer plays an integral role in helping to communicate and execute the Wren Project’s mission. Supporting the Head of Communications, you will be part of a small team striving to raise awareness of the important work we do, ensuring it reaches key groups of people who need our help the most. One minute you will be brainstorming and creating innovative and engaging social media posts and videos, the next you will be helping us with targeted outreach and monitoring recent campaign performance.
This role is at the heart of our communications, helping us reach our target demographics in new and innovative ways - and inspiring others to get involved through volunteering and fundraising. Your work will help shine a light on our services and build a strong community around our mission.
Key responsibilities:
* Create fresh, engaging content for Instagram, Facebook, X (Twitter) and LinkedIn in line with the Communications strategy.
* Keep on top of key happenings such as internal fundraising events and campaigns, awareness weeks, and be able to brainstorm ways to get our charity involved and in relevant spaces.
* Work closely with the fundraising and volunteer teams to capture their real-life stories and inspirations and spin this into newsworthy content for our audiences.
* Help deliver targeted campaigns that attract new volunteers and supporters.
* Maintain our image and video library so we always have brilliant content at our fingertips.
* Understand how to access and produce data for reports and analytics.
* Managing and overseeing the Communications calendar and inbox, ensuring we stay on top of trending and seasonal points of interest. Responding to media and external enquiries.
About You
We are looking for someone with strong communication skills, a flair for creativity and the ability to manage multiple projects. This person will have: a background in a Communications or Marketing role, strong interest in mental health, the ability to write for specific audiences and understands the importance of a brand and its key values. This person will be confident using Canva, Photoshop (or something similar) and CMS systems, specifically Squarespace.
About the Organisation
We are the Wren Project. A small but unique charity with a big mission: to provide free, life-changing listening support to people living with autoimmune disease. At a time of rapid expansion, we are looking for a creative, organised and ideas-driven Communications Officer to help us raise the profile of who we are, how we help and how you can support us.
Please apply here by the closing date.