Social Media And Content Assistant

Job Description

King?s Climate & Sustainability (KCS) is a University-wide transformation programme to step up our response to the challenges posed by the climate emergency and global sustainability, and to accelerate and connect research, education and action across King?s. 

As Social Media & Content Assistant, you will have a flair for creating social media content and an excitement to engage with students about climate and sustainability in a fun, engaging and creative way. You will write, create and edit posts and reels relating to the work of King?s Climate & Sustainability and sustainability across the wider King?s community, including (but not limited to) research, education, projects, events, funding, opportunities, news and more. You will also support across some of our other digital channels, including the monthly newsletter and Ripple Effects blog. 

The ideal candidate will be well versed in current trends on social media and have creative ideas for viral-style content and engaging, informative captions. They will also be comfortable adapting tone and style to suit different platforms, engaging with students and staff, and presenting in front of the camera where necessary. 



Qualifications

NONE



Skills

Essential criteria 

  • Excellent standard of English and communication skills (written and oral). 
  • Experience of writing and creating content for social media (e.g. Instagram, LinkedIn, X, TikTok), including videos, with a keen eye for current trends. 
  • Strong design skills (e.g. Canva). 
  • Owner of a smartphone (we do not have one to supply). 
  • Accurate and methodical approach to work, with a keen eye for detail. Proven ability in producing high quality work with tight time scales. 
  • Ability to work independently and creatively, to come up with new ideas that will engage and excite students. 
  • Ability to manage time effectively, work flexibly and prioritise workload. 
  • An interest in and enthusiasm for climate and sustainability and a positive approach. 
  • Ability to demonstrate a commitment to equality and diversity through inclusive and accessible communications.

Desirable criteria 

  • Ability to plan ahead; able to develop content for projects and communication goals ahead of schedule. 
  • Willingness to speak to camera

Please demonstrate that you meet these criteria in your application, with examples. 

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The work involves typing up hand-written reflections cards from various events, and separating out attendance numbers and survey data for individual events. In addition, pulling out useful quotes from the responses that we can use in our wider evaluation report. 
We anticipate the work will take approximately 5 hours in total, plus an hour paid induction time, and can be done flexibly and remotely across June ? July as is convenient. 
The hourly rate for the role is ?14.88.
 



Qualifications

NONE



Skills

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Qualifications

NONE



Skills

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We are seeking a temporary Research Assistant to support a project led by Jo Underwood and The Policy Institute at King?s College London over the summer of 2025. The role will focus on drafting an initial report summarising preliminary findings from research conducted in 2024?25.

Project Overview:

  • The research examines how London?s local authorities process in-person homelessness applications.
  • FOI requests were submitted to all London boroughs by Jo and King?s Legal Clinic.
  • Additional qualitative research has included stakeholder interviews and a roundtable exploring the impact of closed in-person referrals on A&E departments.


Qualifications

Research Experience 



Skills

Key Responsibilities:

  • Conduct a short literature review on the impact of ?closed-door? local authority practices on:
    • People experiencing homelessness
    • A&E and emergency healthcare services
  • Review and quality-check existing data (FOIs, interviews, roundtable notes)
  • Draft a short-format report and/or public-facing outputs (e.g., blog posts, opinion pieces) to support future funding efforts
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