Open Book is Looking for a New Reach Officer
This post is either a freelance or employment contract for 7.5 hours per week (1 day equivalent), initially for a one-year period, ideally beginning 1 April 2025. The role is based in Scotland but will be largely virtual (with occasional in-person attendance required at events). Virtual attendance is also required at a weekly Monday team meeting. The rate of pay for this fixed term contract is £150 per week.
To apply, please send a two page CV and a short clip introducing yourself and telling us why you’re interested in the role to amy@openbookreading.com by 12pm on Friday the 7 March, with interviews w/c 10 March. Please also provide contact details for two referees with your application.
About Open Book
Since March 2013 Open Book (openbookreading.com) has run shared reading and creative writing sessions for adults. In our 2024/25 year, we’ll have delivered well over 1100 sessions in around 80 locations – from Shetland to Stranraer, and in places like Aberdeen, Inverness, Dundee and in the Central Belt. We work in a number of sectors – libraries, health care settings, with the elderly, refugees and migrants, community groups, and in prisons, libraries and other public settings. Stories and poems are read aloud then discussed in a relaxed, informal setting, with about one-third of the groups adding creative writing.
We are looking for an applicant with the following skills:
- Strong understanding of mainstream social media platforms, their content formats and scheduling tools, and how audiences use them.
- Digital content creation experience for a brand.
- Experience attending events on behalf of a company to collect relevant content to engage audiences, with mobile content in mind.
- Experience developing and implementing data-driven social media strategies.
- Demonstrable experience of growing and maintaining social media communities, including reputation management.
Responsibilities may include:
- Managing our social media accounts (Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Bluesky)
- Planning and delivering our monthly social media content calendar, maintaining consistent messaging, tone and branding
- Creating impactful digital content that promotes Open Book’s missions and values
- Engaging and building relevant digital relationships and growing social media channels
- Writing descriptions and creating relevant imagery for our monthly podcast Open Book Unbound hosted on Soundcloud
- Track and Analyse social media metrics to improve engagement and reach
- Attending occasional events to capture content, adhering to GDPR
- Working on occasional design projects to support event attendance and public branding
