Social Media Coordinator

Contract type: 12 month fixed term contract, maternity cover

Working arrangements: 35 hours a week. Standard working hours between 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday. Hybrid working, with a minimum of 6 days per month in the office

Are you passionate about social media and its power to connect, influence, and inspire? The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is looking for a creative and strategic social media coordinator to join our communications team for a 12-month maternity cover.

In this role, you'll help shape and grow our social media presence, using it to promote the RCP's work and engage with our members and the wider health community. You'll be at the forefront of delivering innovative campaigns that amplify our voice and influence healthcare conversations.

What You'll Do

• Manage and monitor RCP core social media channels on a day-to-day basis.

• Plan and create engaging content for campaigns and key dates across X, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram, including drafting copy and sourcing assets.

• Write clear and compelling design briefs for our in-house design team to produce impactful social graphics.

• Support officers and senior staff to use social media effectively, ensuring our messages reach the right audiences.

• Stay ahead of trends and use social listening to identify opportunities for engagement and influence.

• Use social media analytics to assess profile performance and campaign impact.

About You

• Proven experience in developing and managing social media campaigns across multiple platforms, particularly with video content

• Ability to write quickly, accurately, and creatively under pressure.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• A proactive, flexible, and collaborative approach to work.

• Full of ideas and enthusiasm for using social media as part of integrated communications campaigns.

Closing date: 06 February 2026

Interviewing date: TBC

The RCP positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity.

The RCP is all about our people - our members, staff, volunteers and leaders. We educate, influence and collaborate to improve health and healthcare for everyone and know we can only do this by being inclusive, encouraging and celebrating diverse perspectives. Welcoming into our community people who represent the 21st-century medical workforce and the diverse population of patients we serve is a priority for us.