Social Media Specialist
Posted 2 weeks ago by CIPS - The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply
£42,902 Per year
Fixed-Term
Hybrid
Peterborough, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Social Media Specialist role is a fixed-term contract focused on developing and executing CIPS' global social media strategy. The position involves managing daily operations of social media platforms, creating content, and collaborating with regional teams to enhance brand engagement. The role requires a strong understanding of social media campaign management and the ability to analyze performance metrics for continuous improvement. This position is part of the Marketing team and reports to the Head of Marketing.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement a global CIPS social media strategy to drive brand awareness and engagement.
- Manage day-to-day operations of CIPS’ social media platforms, including content creation and scheduling.
- Liaise with regional teams globally and manage the social media management platform, Sprout Social.
- Provide internal training sessions on social media management platform functionalities.
- Establish social listening activities as required.
- Grow global social followers and engagement across main CIPS social channels.
- Engage in proactive conversations with audiences on social media channels.
- Use calendars and timelines to schedule content and optimize engagement.
- Collaborate with Marketing Managers and Comms team on organic social elements of marketing campaigns.
- Work with external agencies for paid social project support.
- Provide monthly social media reports covering metrics and analysis.
- Develop and manage appropriate social media groups and identify new opportunities.
- Draft copy and create artwork for social media posts, ensuring brand consistency.
- Liaise with internal and external designers for creative campaign assets.
- Stay updated with the latest trends in social media and share insights with marketing colleagues.
Key Skills:
- Excellent understanding of social media campaign management.
- Experience with social media management platforms, particularly Sprout Social.
- Strong content creation and copywriting skills.
- Ability to analyze social media metrics and make recommendations for improvement.
- Experience in managing social media channels and engaging with audiences.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects.
- Ability to work collaboratively with internal teams and external agencies.
- Up-to-date knowledge of social media trends and best practices.
Salary (Rate): £42,902 yearly
City: Peterborough
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: fixed-term
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Marketing
FIXED TERM CONTRACT - 12 MONTHS
Location: Westpoint, Peterborough, PE2 6FZ (Hybrid - two days in the office per week)
Salary: £36,128 - £42,902 p.a.
Hours: 35 per week (Full-time)
Contract: Fixed Term Contract - 12 months
Closing date: End of the day, 25 March 2026
First interviews: W/C 30 March 2026
Second interviews: W/C 6 April 2026
With an excellent understanding of social media campaign management planning, delivery and execution, the role is part of CIPS’ Marketing team. The role reports to the Head of Marketing and is focused on the delivery and ongoing development of the organisation’s global social media strategy, supporting our regional teams with their social media channels, creating, managing and scheduling campaigns for all our social media pages to boost our engagement and reach across social media platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for developing and implementing a global CIPS social media strategy to drive brand awareness and engagement.
- Manage the day-to-day operations of CIPS’ social media platforms, including creating and scheduling content, liaising with regional teams globally and managing our social media management platform, Sprout Social.
- Ensure we are fully utilising the functionality available on our social media management platform and provide/lead internal training sessions where needed internally.
- Establish social listening activities as required.
- Responsible for all our main CIPS social channels and the growth of global social followers and engagement, as well as evaluating whether we should have a presence on other channels.
- Engage in proactive conversations with our audiences across the relevant social media channels, monitoring, responding, and liking relevant comments.
- Use calendars and timelines to schedule content as well as analysing, managing, and altering schedules where necessary to optimise engagement and reach.
- Work closely with our Marketing Managers and our Comms team to deliver organic social elements of our wider marketing campaigns ensuring they achieve campaign objectives.
- Work with external agencies to provide paid social project support where required such as liaising with Marketing Managers, creating briefs for paid social agency, monitoring and reporting.
- Provide monthly social media reports covering metrics and analysis of all our social channels, making recommendations for improvements as required.
- Development and management of appropriate social media groups including identifying new opportunities where appropriate, including the CIPS Connect member community platform.
- Manage content and day-to-day activities, including drafting copy and creating artwork for social media posts to support ‘always on’ or campaign assets and ensuring copywriting is inline with the brand tone of voice and messaging is consistent
- Where required, liaise with internal and external designers to produce creative campaign assets that are on brand and can be applied globally.
- Stay up to date with latest trends in social media and share with marketing colleagues globally
PLEASE NOTE: This vacancy may be removed before any listed closing date once a sufficient amount of applications have been received.