Location: United Kingdom (80 Strand, London)

Reporting to: Chief Executive

Contract: Full-time, permanent

Salary: £55,000 - £80,000 subject to skillset and experience

Pension: 5% employer contribution

Schedule: 4 days in office, 1 day remote

Probationary period: 3 months

About Us:
The Centre for British Progress is a leading non-partisan organisation advancing public understanding of key policy issues. We shape debate, publish research, and create forums where innovative ideas influence the public and policymakers alike.

Key Responsibilities

Research publications

Work with CBP’s leadership, our Head of Communications and the research team to manage the research publication pipeline.
This requires good judgment about policy priorities and research timelines, and having good ‘taste’ to know what messages and headlines we want to push, and when.
Establish good processes for research and editing to help ensure reports are published on time, language and style are consistent, and all research is produced to a high quality.

The Progress Post

Plan and publish content to The Progress Post, our Substack newsletter
Come up with new feature ideas, write and edit copy, and experiment with ways to grow the Substack audience
Liaise with team members and external contributors on their ideas for non-research content, shepherding pieces from idea to draft to published piece
Liaise with interviewees and their representatives for our Pen Portrait series
Create basic designs in Canva to illustrate the newsletter

Style and Copy-editing

Take responsibility for ensuring a consistent style across all written content, including The Progress Post, the Centre for British Progress website, and email and events communications
Establish editorial processes to apply this style across the organisation’s public-facing content
Assist the team ad hoc with copy-editing

Communications Growth

Ideate new editorial projects for the Centre, such as multimedia content, one-off printed publications, or events
Help expand our communications output over time, with scope to develop podcasts, video, and other new formats
Assist the Head of Communications on press outreach where appropriate

Skills and Experience

Essential:

Excellent writing skills
Excellent editing skills
Good judgment about what matters to our audience, what makes a compelling argument, and where writing needs to be improved
Alignment with CBP’s mission and goals

Desirable:

Basic knowledge of British politics and live policy debates, but no need for deep subject matter expertise; your job will be to translate research not produce it
Some experience with Canva helpful, but can be learned on the job
An interest in producing audio, video, and social media content is a plus

If you would like to apply, please submit this application form by 5pm BST Friday 2nd October.

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