Key information
Closing date: 10am, Wednesday 28 January 2026
Salary: £27,000 per year
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Location: Based in London SW8 / home and flexible working
Interviews: Online, Thursday 5th February 2026
We empower people with the literacy skills they need to succeed in life. Together we're helping people change their stories. You could join us to support our local behaviour change campaigns for children and families.
What you’ll be doing
We are recruiting a marketing and communications professional to support the delivery of our local behaviour change campaigns in target areas across the UK to improve vital literacy skills.
You will work as part of our campaigns team, supporting a range of communications and marketing activity aimed at raising awareness of the importance of literacy skills and empowering people to change their life stories.
You will contribute to the delivery of stakeholder communications, media relations and digital marketing that boosts the profile of our work in local areas and supports our thought-leadership.
You will be contracted to our office in London but this role is suitable for home and flexible working, with the majority of your work carried out from home if you would prefer. However, you will need to be available to travel to London for staff and team days, as well as to support project delivery and partnerships. This could be around a day a week on average, although at times it will be a lot less, and unfortunately we are unable to cover travel costs for this.
What we’re looking for
You will have at least a year’s experience working in a communications role, including drafting content for and maintaining corporate social media accounts. You will also need strong administrative skills, the ability to write for different audiences/contexts, and experience of implementation and evaluation of communications activity. Experience of working in the charity/education/wellbeing or cultural sector would be an advantage, as would an understanding of marketing tactics, working knowledge of media landscapes and experience dealing with journalists.
This is a great opportunity to develop your skills and experience in delivering behaviour change campaigns, working as part of a collaborative, creative and ambitious team who are at the heart of our local delivery.
Why our work is so vital
Literacy changes everything.
It gives you the tools to get the most out of life, and the power to shape your future. It’s the key to knowledge, confidence and inspiration. It’s better results at school, and better jobs. If children grow up without the tools to communicate, without books to read or opportunities to write, it’s harder to get where you want to go.
The National Literacy Trust is an independent charity helping people overcome these challenges and change their life chances through the power of words – reading, writing, speaking and listening. From first words, through school days to training, jobs and beyond.
- We work collaboratively in local communities, focusing our work in 20 areas of the UK that are facing the biggest challenges.
- We support schools, developing the most effective tools and techniques and providing resources and programmes to engage and inspire children.
- We campaign to make literacy a priority for politicians and decision-makers.
- We support vulnerable adults, people in the criminal justice system and young offenders’ institutions to build their literacy skills
What we offer you
Our team are passionate about our mission and we have a strong and positive working culture, based on shared values and respect. We offer a range of flexible working options and promote a workplace where you can be yourself and contribute to our success, whoever you are.
As well as a competitive salary, we offer benefits including a generous leave allowance totalling 39 days (including bank holidays and office closure between Christmas and New Year), pension contributions of 8% of annual salary, a cycle to work scheme, employee assistance programme and other health and wellbeing benefits.
Application details
Our people are our most important asset and we value and respect diversity in all its forms (seen and unseen). We particularly welcome applications from those from Black and Asian backgrounds, as well as candidates with disabilities and from the communities in which we work. We would like to increase representation of these groups among our staff as we know greater diversity will lead to an even greater impact for our work.
For more information and to apply, download the files below.
Please also complete our online equal opportunities monitoring form when you submit your application.
Unfortunately, we are unable to respond individually to applications so if you have not heard from us by the advertised interview date, this means we have not been able to shortlist your application this time.
Please note we do not accept CVs. No agencies or recruitment sites.