Social Media Manager (voluntary)

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Social media manager

Up to 5 hours a week

Voluntary, unless funding can be secured

Immediate start date desirable

‘Brum Unitarians’ is a Unitarian community attended by people across the spectrum of faith, from atheists to theists and all inbetween. We offer Sunday gatherings from a fundamentally humanist perspective, inclusive of people of all faiths and none. We are explicitly LGBTQ+ inclusive, committed to anti-racism, and guided by the principle that ‘we need not think alike to love alike’.

In 2025 we began using social media for the first time so people could find us and explore what we are about. We have a basic functional website, an instagram account and a WhatsApp announcements group. We have MeetUp and Eventbrite accounts and a dormant Facebook page/group.

We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic about providing up to 5 hours a week help with the basic management of our social media. This role would be largely voluntary but we have been awarded a one-off sum of £500 to help secure someone, which we could use to pay an hourly rate for a defined period.

Once the funding has been exhausted, it is currently unlikely that this will continue as a paid role, unless we are successful in securing further funding. Therefore, this might suit someone who is either looking to demonstrate experience or who is motivated to volunteer their time due to an alignment between their philosophy and ours.

The person appointed will be responsible for:

Writing weekly copy in our ‘house style’ to advertise the upcoming Sunday gathering on our socials (currently, this is instagram + WhatsApp + our website) and sourcing an appropriately licenced photo accompanying the copy
Uploading the content weekly onto the relevant platform(s)
On an ad-hoc basis, the above tasks but for non-Sunday events hosted by Brum Unitarians

Other ways in which we need assistance from a willing and competent person (either a volunteer or person who is willing to be paid on a short-term basis from our £500 fund) include:

The design of a series of instagram posts to tell people a bit more about Brum Unitarians and what we do (untapped resources available)

Exploring our potential reach to Gen Z via TikTok or YouTube, should we choose to enter those platforms, and advising us on what would be involved in creating appropriate content

and/or

Advising us about:
- Platform configuration
- Maximising reach/engagement
- Security and data protection
- Any other relevant considerations

Person description

Essential experience and skills

Demonstrable experience of having written compelling copy, free from errors.

Able to absorb and synthesise written materials in order to create compelling social media posts which accurately convey our ethos and give people a flavour of what we do.

Able to competently use a range of social media and web platforms including:

Wix
Instagram
Facebook
MeetUp
Eventbrite

Strong communication skills.

Essential qualities:

You do not need to be Unitarian, but you must be comfortable working within a community that expressly caters for people at all points on the belief spectrum from atheist to belief-holding, and you must be at ease working within our ethos and values, including of LBGTQ+ equality.

Wider Unitarian values include an emphasis on the interdependence of all living beings, pluralism, justice, freedom of religious thought, rational inquiry, and the embracing of wisdom and teaching from many diverse sources.

Values and approach

A commitment to inclusion and equality.

Comfortable working for a community that is explicitly welcoming people of all faiths and no faith, and which does not promote any fixed belief system.

A reflective, creative and curious approach, with a willingness to experiment, learn from what works and what does not, and adapt over time.

An understanding of, or openness to learning about, Unitarian values such as freedom of belief, commitment to rational inquiry, compassion, justice and respect for diversity.

How to apply: in the first instance please drop us a message on instagram @brumunitarians, and we'll send you a short application form.