Content Editor - Mental Health
Community Creations, Ireland

Job Title: Content Editor - Mental Health

Reporting To: Head of Content

Location: Remote (Ireland) with a requirement to attend the office (Dublin 2) for meetings/training as required

Contract duration: 18 month fixed-term contract (with the possibility of extension, funding dependent)

Hours of Work: Monday - Friday, 39 hours a week

To apply: Via Workable

Remuneration: 37,000 per annum

Probationary Period: Six months

Benefits: 25 days annual leave (exclusive of public holidays), 2-days positive mental health leave

SpunOut.ie is Ireland’s youth information website, by young people for young people. SpunOut.ie’s vision is to help create an Ireland where all young people are empowered with the information they need to live their best lives. SpunOut.ie had 2.3 million visits to our site in 2020.

SpunOut.ie provides inclusive, accessible, factual and holistic health information for young people across several issue areas including Mental Health, Education, Employment, Health amp; Wellbeing, Gender amp; Sexuality, Relationships, Rights, and Climate, among others. The Mental Health Content Editor will be responsible for providing editorial direction to the creation and curation of informative and engaging mental health content and campaigns for SpunOut.ie and our social media. They should bring energy and insight to the development and curation of empathetic, equitable and engaging health promotion content and strategy, and put young people’s mental health information needs at the centre of their work.

The ideal Mental Health Content Editor will have at least 2 years of editorial experience, a commitment to youth engagement and social justice both personally and professionally, be a positive and proactive manager of projects and people, and possess exemplary communication skills both interpersonally and through multimedia.

They will additionally have experience and subject-matter expertise in the mental health sector, and have a passion for best-in-class mental health content. They will aim to balance the information needs between positive mental health basics, and more targeted supports for specific mental health conditions, as well as building partnerships within the sector and signposting to resources. They will take an integrative and holistic view of mental health as an issue area, highlighting perspectives of lived experience with research and evidence base, with an eye to what is engaging and relevant to young people in the moment.

Interested candidates can apply via this Workable link only. Only applications submitted via Workable will be accepted.

Key Duties amp; Responsibilities:

The Content Editor duties and responsibilities include:

Content Development

• Create, edit, and publish engaging mental health content on SpunOut.ie’s website, and across our social media
• Ensure all mental health content is in line with SpunOut.ie’s content policies, guidelines and values and is optimised for SEO
• Centre the voices and information needs of young people across your content area
• Identify and build relationships with young writers, advocates and creatives to feature and incorporate their work and viewpoints within your subject area
• Liaise and build relationships with subject matter experts to validate and ensure all content is of the highest quality

Content Management amp; Maintenance

• Conduct section-specific content audits including identifying and archiving outdated content
• See to future content gap analysis, retrospective SEO changes, retrospective validation, re-validating older content, and cyclical updating of time-specific content
• Oversee the maintenance of accurate and updated signposts within your content area
• Manage internal link functionality and optimisation

Content Curation

• Curate content, identify relevant thought leadership and create compelling digital promotion messaging in your subject-area
• Collaborate with SpunOut.ie’s Digital Team to distill information into short, engaging, and eye-catching copy and visuals for social media
• Proactively seek and action user and stakeholder feedback such as youth panel consultations, focus groups, national surveys, and our Annual Reader’s Survey
• Work with other Content Editors to integrate workflows and to unite in approach

Content Outreach

• Liaise and build relationships with partners and experts in the field
• As a spokesperson, take media and press engagements to promote your content strategy and

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