Could you help to build a global community of government leaders?

Global Government Forum is a website for senior civil servants around the world. We are looking for a Writer and Community Co-ordinator to produce news and features for our global audience of public officials, and help to build a thriving community on social media.

The successful candidate will have excellent research and writing skills alongside social media expertise and the ability to nurture a high level of debate and interaction.

Global Government Forum exists to help civil service leaders to meet shared policy challenges, lead government organisations, reshape public services and develop their careers. We provide editorial coverage, events and research free of charge to an audience of 300,000 public sector professionals on six continents, enabling them to learn from their peers overseas and to keep up to date with events in their own countries.

As Writer and Community Co-ordinator you will:

• Research and write editorial content, including news and features
• Support the editor with social media, including drawing on insights from the community to inform editorial
• Work alongside the editor to co-ordinate digital content, including planning and production.
• Represent GGF at functions, and report from events and conferences virtual or physical
• The role will report to the editor and when Covid restrictions allow will be located at our office in St Albans.

Key requirements

• Demonstrable experience of researching and writing news and features
• Excellent writing ability with accurate spelling and grammar
• Demonstrable interest in civil services and public policy
• Experience of posting on official social media channels and developing creative approaches to engaging audiences online
• Experience of moderating the community and participating in threads
• Strong computer and internet literacy
• Interest in the operation of government and the wider public sector

Key skills and behavior

• Proven writing and research skills
• Creative approach to engaging audiences
• Able to work in a small team
• Able to prioritise tasks
• Excellent organisational skills
• Readiness to work out of hours as required to hit deadlines at busy times
• Attention to detail
• Enthusiastic
• Self-motivated
• Pragmatic.