Content & Social Media Officer; Maternity Cover

Who we are

Chefs in Schools is a young, ambitious charity that’s rapidly growing. Our mission is to improve kids’ health, through improving school food & food literacy. We support and train schools and their kitchen teams to serve the best, freshest and tastiest food possible, all with the aim to improve health and wellbeing where needed most.

Through school kitchens, we work to reset a broken food system that damages children’s health and sets them up to fail.

We’re backed by some of the biggest names in food and have ambitious targets. Join us and help us feed the future well.

This role will see you creating engaging content and running our social media feeds. This is a highly autonomous role requiring creativity, problem solving and analytical skills.

You’ll thrive in a fast-paced, varied working environment and be full of creative ideas. You’ll be as happy filming and editing reels, as you are contributing ideas for campaigns. You’ll be confident writing reactive posts for Linked In and you’ll have an eye for making designs as beautiful as the food we serve in schools.

You’ll be good with people - able to work with high profile patrons, to reassure any nervous first time interviewees and capable of a cool head in busy kitchens or ’ll juggle multiple projects and know how to unearth stories that bring our mission to life. A collaborative approach will be at the heart of your approach as you help position Chefs in Schools as an innovative change maker in education and child health.

The responsibilities, skills and experience listed below are intended to give you an idea of what we need for this role. If you don’t meet every requirement but feel you would be able to work with us to deliver the majority of them, we urge you to apply.

We are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, especially those from underrepresented communities.

We want to get to know you at the interview and understand we can do this best if you’re ’re an inclusive employer and work hard to create a welcoming working environment for everyone. If you need adjustments to the interview process please let us know.

As we work with children & young people, an offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and DBS clearance, in line with our safeguarding policy.

• Create exciting, constantly evolving content, including videos, photos, graphics and copy that drives specific actions and conversions that support our cause
• Planning, filming and editing of reels to our house style - including recipe videos, kitchen tips, patron visits to school kitchens and shoulder to shoulder interview style films.
• Plan, pitch and deliver social media campaigns end-to-end, from concept through to launch and beyond — including production coordination, communications planning and stakeholder management
• Support the growth of our patron and ambassador work, proactively identifying opportunities and ensuring prominent placement on a variety of owned and external platforms
• Champion diversity, equality and inclusion in all social media content
• Develop and implement social media content planning aligned to organisational priorities
• Lead regular creative brainstorms to build a bank of content ideas and champion creative innovation
• Lead our conversations on social channels, proactively sharing sector news with organisational commentary to position us as a thought leader in key online debates. You’ll also build and maintain strategic relationships with relevant networks, schools, chefs, partners and influencers
• Keep across trends and industry best practice to ensure our feeds stay fresh and relevant. Make data‑driven decisions about where we invest our time
• Oversee photography and video shoots when we use external agencies

• At least two years of demonstrable experience creating content and managing social media feeds
• Proven ability to plan and deliver content end-to-end with minimal oversight
• Strong creative skills - video, editing, sound edits, design, writing and interviewing
• Strategic thinker who links…