Junior Website Content Editor London, England
Job description
Communications
Full-time
Permanent
£24,873 per annum
Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on Friday, 10th March 2023
About the role:
The postholder will be responsible for editing and uploading new content to the website, migrating content from various microsites, alongside day-to-day edits and changes as required by Museum activities.
They will collaborate with colleagues across the Museum, but especially in marketing, news, membership, interpretation and learning and national partnerships to ensure content is delivered in a clear, consistent and in the most impactful way for different audiences. They will support the Website Content Manager in implementing improvements to the website to help support the Museum’s wider communications strategy.
Key areas of responsibility:
- Monitoring and actioning the web support inbox and event publishing calendar, maintaining our service level agreements (SLAs).
- Producing, editing and uploading content for the website into the Drupal CMS
- Attending photo/video shoots as and when required.
- Maintaining and developing content where required.
- Archiving and or deleting content where required.
- Optimising web content to align with SEO and accessibility standards, helping other content writers across the Museum on SEO and accessibility best practice
About the British Museum:
Founded in 1753, the British Museum’s remarkable collection spans over two million years of human history and culture. The Museum is one of the leading visitor attractions and its world-famous collection includes the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures, Egyptian mummies, the Admonitions Scroll, and the Amaravati sculptures.
The Museum offers a competitive benefits package including:
- Membership of the civil service pension scheme
- Free entry to a wide range of museums and exhibitions
- Participation in private and public Museum activities, including talks by leading curators from around the world and behind-the-scenes opportunities to learn how museums care for and manage their extraordinary collections
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Interest-free travel, bicycle and rental deposit loans
- Professional and personal development opportunities
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounts on food and gift shop purchases
Additional details:
For more information about this role, please see the job description.
If you have any additional needs that we should be aware of in order to support you with your application, please provide details to [email protected].
The British Museum is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from unlawful discrimination or harassment. We value the benefits that a diverse workforce brings to a Museum which represents world culture. The Museum is committed to ensuring that no job applicant suffers unlawful discrimination because of any protected characteristics. Our recruitment procedures aim to ensure that individuals are treated because of their relevant knowledge, skills and experience.
We are also currently piloting a flexible way of working that allows our employees to work remotely in a way that suits them and the organisation. We welcome questions and conversations at interview stage and how flexible working could work for you.
The Museum adheres to the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) for pre-employment screening of Civil Servants.
