Content Designer

Content Designer.Salary: £34,000 per annum pro rata.

Location: Homebased.

Contract: Fixed Term until 31 March 2026 (with a possible extension) – 35 hours per week.

Benefits:

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays pro rata, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave.
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities.
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages.
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover.
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailer's discounts.

Why Action for Children?

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It is the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.

A bit about the role

In this fixed term role as Content Designer, you will take a key role in the design of impactful user-centred content and journeys for Action for Children digital services and related products (including flagship online service, Parent Talk).

How you'll help to create brighter futures

• Designing user-centred, accessible, and inclusive content and journeys for parents, carers, and young people.
• Creating and reviewing advice content, ensuring it meets user needs and aligns with brand tone of voice, accessibility, and best practice.
• Working with subject matter experts in a collaborative and open way.
• Being an advocate for user-centred and accessible content.
• Lead on content in multidisciplinary product team and with our technical partners.
• Uploading and checking content prior to publishing.
• Following and keeping up to date with style guide and content design.
• Working with the digital team to plan, review and feedback on a monthly newsletter and review social posts when needed.

Let's talk about youas Content Designer

• Demonstrable experience of designing accessible and user-centred content and journeys.
• Demonstrable experience of interpreting analytics, user behaviour data, and user feedback to inform content.
• Knowledge of what makes content accessible and designing for different access needs.
• Experience collaborating with stakeholders.
• Experience using search or SEO research, social listening, and other user insight to inform user stories.
• Demonstrable understanding of EDI.
• Knowledge of user testing.
• Experience in basic HTML, using content management systems and writing for the web.

Please see the Job Description for the full list of accountabilities and requirements.

Closing Date: Monday 29th September 2025

Interviews are scheduled for weeks commencing 6th October and 13th October 2025 by MS Teams.Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.Diversity, equality, and inclusion

At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.

We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.