Social Media Strategist - Maidstone, United Kingdom - Kent Fire & Rescue Service

Kent Fire & Rescue Service

Verified Company

Maidstone, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) has an exciting opportunity available for a
Social Media Strategist to join our team in
Maidstone. You will join us on a
full-time, permanent basis, and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of
£28,239 - £32,136 per annum with an additional on-call payment of £3,547.31 PA.

Being a part of Kent Fire and Rescue Service
Everyone is unique. Everyone has value. Everyone helps to make Kent Fire and Rescue Service a great place to work. We are one team. Together with our customers, we are creating a safer future for Kent and Medway.

About the role:

As a
Social Media Strategist , you'll be setting the social media strategy, running multiple social media channels, and creating engaging brand relevant and trend-led video content for different audiences - keeping our current followers happy, whilst looking for new audiences.

As our Social Media Strategist, you will be responsible for:

Running KFRS' social media channels day-to-day, and during emergency incidents
Setting the paid and organic strategy for all KFRS' social media channels
Producing detailed content plans for all KFRS' social media channels
Posting/scheduling content and advertising across all platforms
Creating engaging and unique brand relevant video content independently using an iPhone, as well as in collaboration with design colleagues
Collating insights through social listening and online conversations with members of the public
Developing a social media evaluation framework
Assisting with the press office function as required

What we're looking for in our
Social Media Strategist:

Degree level or equivalent in communications/PR/marketing, or, at least five years' experience in a busy communications team/news room/PR agency
Experience in creating social media strategies, running multiple social media channels, and content creation for a variety of social media platforms paid and organic
Experience of using a defined brand
Experience using effective storytelling to reach people in different ways
Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to adapt tone of voice for different channels and audiences with ease

Interviews will be held on the
6th, 7th or 8th March 2023.
- upload your CV
- write a personal statement outlining your experience and suitability for the role
- create a 30-second creative reel/video about yourself, your skills and demonstrate you can create dynamic content - add a WeTransfer link at the bottom of your personal statement

If you feel have the skills and experience to become our
Social Media Strategist please click '
apply' today, we'd love to hear from you

Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We know that great minds don't think alike, so we rely on diverse thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and backgrounds to create the best working environment that we can possibly offer._
Kent Fire and Rescue Service, its employees, and volunteers are committed to safeguarding, protecting, and supporting children, young people, and adults at risk. As part of our safer recruitment process, we will undertake preemployment checks to verify your suitability for the role. These checks will include your references and a standard or enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Enhanced DBS check with barred lists are carried out for roles with direct and unsupervised access to children, young people, and adults at risk. Risk assessments will be undertaken on any disclosures identified as part of the preemployment checks. _