We’re an award-winning charity running local learning centres in the heart of the communities where the young people we support live. Our centres provide a high-impact education programme which includes practical learning support, pastoral care, and motivational and confidence-building activities for young people aged 7-18. Our aim is to enable students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to realise their ambitions and achieve their wonderful potential. As the UK’s leading university access organisation, our staff team is helping over 50,000 young people each year at its 43 learning centres and extension projects across England and Scotland, and we plan to scale-up our provision to 50 centres over the coming years. We are seeking an interim Communications Officer, fully committed to our widening participation cause, to join the Head Office team for this short-term role at our ambitious charity. The postholder will support the Head of Communications in managing the charity’s internal and external communications systems, including newsletters, digital and social media channels and calendar of events. There will also be the opportunity to support with the organisation of launch events for the charity’s new centres. As a charity with social mobility as its core objective, IntoUniversity is wholly committed to equality of opportunity. We work with children and young people from a diverse range of backgrounds, and we believe that our staff team should be similarly diverse and representative. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be, and we recognise that we have much more to do in this regard. We are committed to building a culture where students, staff and volunteers are valued for the unique people they are. We therefore encourage applications from candidates from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds. In particular, we actively and warmly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, male candidates and candidates with a disability as they are currently under-represented within IntoUniversity. If you believe that all young people deserve the chance to develop their talents regardless of their background and want to play a part in helping them succeed, then we would be delighted to hear from you. Contract Full-time, fixed-term until 20th December 2024 Start date September 2024 Working hours 09:00 to 17:30, Monday to Friday. However, we operate core working hours in Head Office so you can choose to start early and finish early (e.g. 8:00 to 16.30), or start later and finish later (e.g. 9.30 to 18:00). We are a delivery organisation providing frontline educational services for young people. Our Head Office team is based on the site of our North Kensington centre in West London. We are an organisation with team members at different stages of their career, including many in their first roles: we are committed to nurturing talent and providing a developmental culture for all. Our Head Office team works in-person 4 days per week with 1 day from home. Salary £30,000 per annum (including £2,600 London contribution) Location IntoUniversity Head Office, 95 Sirdar Road, London W11 4EQ Annual leave 33 days (inc bank & public holidays) + 3 closure days (two in December and one in July) + additional length of service entitlement (one day per year of service, up to 5 days) Staff benefits – Employer pension contributions of 6% – Year round ‘early finish’ Fridays at 4.30pm – Employee Assistance Programme including access to wellbeing and legal support – Life Assurance scheme with AIG including SmartHealth service with access to 24/7 online GP appointments – Interest-free new starter loans of up to £1,000 – Cycle to Work Scheme and Travelcard Loan Scheme – Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption pay and sick pay allowances - Staff in FOCUS – rewards, competitions and prizes across the year