Digital Communications Officer

The Nationwide Foundation, established in 1997, exists to improve the lives of people who are disadvantaged. Through its Decent Affordable Homes strategy, the Foundation is working towards a future where everyone has access to a decent and affordable home.

The Foundation works closely with housing providers, policymakers, charities, academics and other partners to identify, test and champion solutions that can help deliver lasting change. Its work is focused on building long-term change in housing to: Make renting work for everyone; Help deliver more affordable homes and; Shape the future of good housing.

This role sits within the Foundation's External Affairs team and supports the Communications Manager to deliver communications across digital and stakeholder channels. The team is responsible for raising awareness of the Foundation's work, sharing the impact of its funding and influencing activity, and helping shape conversations around housing.

You'll play an important role in bringing the Foundation's work to life through engaging content, social media, website management and digital communications, helping ensure key audiences understand the Foundation's vision and the impact it is having in creating a fairer housing system.

We are happy to consider flexible working approaches to help you perform at your best.

The working hours (per week) for this role can be between 28 and 35 hours.

This is a 6-month secondment opportunity.

At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.

For this job you'll spend at least two days per week, or if part time you'll spend 40% of your working time, based at either our Swindon or London office. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working here.

Whilst these locations are where we are primarily looking to fill the role, if you’re an internal applicant based in a different location we would welcome your application and if successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this could work for this specific role. You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working here.

Nationwide is committed to the redeployment of our employees impacted by change, as such applications for redeployment candidates will be prioritised in this recruitment process.

If you’re a colleague on long-term absence (for example, on parental leave) or a temporary worker, please use your personal email address to submit an application.