Content Officer
Cardiff or Llandudno Junction (Hybrid)

The Organisation

At Social Care Wales, we provide leadership and expertise in social care and early years in Wales. Our vision is to make a positive difference to care and support for children, adults, and their families and carers.

To achieve this, we lead on developing and regulating the social care workforce, service improvement, and data and research to improve care.

We are now looking for a Welsh-speaking Content Officer to join us for a 12 month fixed term contract to cover a period of maternity leave. This role is offered with flexible working options and we will consider candidates as part of a job share.

You must be based in the UK to apply for this role and be able to visit one of the stated offices when required.

The Benefits

- Salary of £35,785 - £37,836 per annum
- 28 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with service)
- Extra leave between Christmas and New Year
- Local government pension scheme
- Flexi work policy and family leave provisions

The Role

As a Content Officer, you will create clear, accessible, and engaging content for our online and offline audiences.

Making sure our content is clear, easy to understand, and in-line with our corporate standards, you’ll use the best channels to reach our audiences, including our website and social media platforms. You’ll also create marketing and communications plans for the content you develop and analyse performance data and user feedback to continually improve reach and engagement.

You’ll work to understand our audience’s needs and produce content that effectively engages them, such as web pages, news, emails and social media posts. You’ll also guide your colleagues on preparing content that meets users’ needs and is in-line with our branding and accessibility guidelines.

About you

To be considered as a Content Officer, you’ll need:

- Excellent communication skills in English and Welsh
- Experience as a writer and/or editor
- Experience researching and analysing what audiences are looking for and producing campaigns that meet their needs
- Experience of structuring, designing and publishing user-centred content online and offline
- Experience creating and delivering marketing and communication campaigns across different channels
- Experience sub-editing and proofreading materials and turning complicated or technical text into plain English or Welsh
- An understanding of HTML content, website content management systems and SEO
- Working knowledge of how to produce accessible content, including written communication, video and graphics
- Experience creating and implementing marketing and communications plans
- The ability to interpret qualitative and quantitative data (including web analytics)

The closing date for this role is 23rd June 2025.

Other organisations may call this role Content Creator, Copywriter, Communications Officer, Digital Content Officer, Marketing Officer, Marketing Executive, Marcomms Executive, Social Media Officer, or Marketing and Communications Executive.

Reasonable adjustments can be made at any stage of the recruitment process for candidates with a disability, impairment or health condition, for example who are neuro-divergent or who use British Sign Language.

So, if you’d like to join us as a Content Officer, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Project Officer
Cardiff or Llandudno Junction (Hybrid)

The Organisation

Social Care Wales provides leadership and expertise in welfare and early years in Wales. Their vision is to make a positive difference to support for children, adults, and their families and carers.

To achieve this, they lead on developing and regulating the workforce, service improvement, and data and research to improve support. Through their quality assurance work, they support educators in both education and practice settings, ensuring the highest level of training for the next generation of workers.

We are now looking for a Project Officer to join us on a two-year fixed-term contract, working 36 hours per week. However, this role is offered with flexible working, and we will also consider candidates as part of a job share. This hybrid role will be based in either our Cardiff or Llandudno Junction office, with remote working options.

The Benefits

- Salary of £35,785 - £37,836 per annum
- 28 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with service)
- Extra leave between Christmas and New Year
- Local government pension scheme
- Flexi work policy and family leave provisions

This is a fantastic opportunity for a project professional to join our supportive, forward-thinking organisation and assist with projects that will shape the future of social care regulation in Wales.

You’ll discover an environment that values collaboration, flexibility, and innovation, enabling you to work in a way that suits your style and aiding your career development at every stage.

What’s more, with an excellent rewards and benefits package on offer, you’ll have the chance to further enhance your project skills and take part in vital sector-wide improvement.

The Role

As a Project Officer, you will play a critical support role for projects within our Professional Regulation Portfolio, focused on projects to improve how we regulate and support social care practice.

Supporting the Project and Delivery Managers, you will ensure projects are completed successfully, adapting to changing delivery requirements to ensure projects achieve their goals.

You will cover a broad range of topics of varying complexity and will work on projects outside of your direct remit to provide support across our organisation.

Your role will involve:

- Planning, supporting and aiding the delivery of projects
- Monitoring milestones and performance
- Identifying risks and issues
- Developing relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders and suppliers
- Updating and maintaining records
- Organising meetings
- Supporting project scheduling activity

About You

To be considered as a Project Officer, you will need:

- Experience of supporting projects to deliver improvement
- Experience of project reporting and developing project documentation
- Experience of co-ordinating information from a number of sources and maintaining appropriate records
- Knowledge and experience of project management principles and techniques
- Evidence of ongoing continual professional development
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office

The Closing Date for this role is 29th May 2025.

Reasonable adjustments can be made at any stage of the recruitment process for candidates with a disability, impairment or health condition, for example who are neuro-divergent or who use British Sign Language. Please get in touch with the HR Team to discuss adjustments for any part of the process.

You must be based in the UK to apply for this role and be able to visit one of the stated offices when required.

Other organisations may call this role Programme Assistant, Junior Project Manager, Programme Administrator, Project Co-ordinator, or Assistant Project Manager.

Webrecruit and Social Care Wales are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you’re seeking your next challenge as a Project Officer, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.