REPORTER

Mark Allen is a forward-thinking, inclusive media company celebrating yet another record year of success and we're excited to be looking for a news Reporter to join our welcoming team on our Community Care portfolio.

We offer continuous learning and development, flexible working, and a salary of up to £30,000 plus benefits.

The Opportunity

Community Care helps social workers stay up to date with the latest and most significant developments in practice, law, and policy to help them to change lives for the better and flourish in their careers. We also support social work employers and leaders to recruit and retain high-quality practitioners and develop their staff to the best of their abilities.

To give you an idea of how this editorial role would look and feel, here are some of the rewarding things you can expect to do:

• Write daily news on issues relating to social work including recruitment and retention, terms and conditions, staff wellbeing, regulation, and policy.
• Deliver regular longer-form pieces on key developments and good practice and innovation in social work.
• Commission and edit pieces from social workers, managers, and expert commentators, and cultivate and maintain regular contributors.
• Actively use social media to source news and drive engagement to our content from our audience.
• Support the wider work of the Community Care content team, including in relation to producing events for the social work sector.

If you are interested in reporting on social policy and joining a team that describes themselves as:

• Committed
• Trustworthy
• Competent
• Customer-focused
• Collaborative
• Passionate

We'd love to hear from you, especially if you've 18 months of experience as a news journalist.

There is a really strong focus on our readers and ensuring what we publish is useful and informative to them. You will thrive in this role in this role if you enjoy interviewing, fact-checking, writing, engaging copy, editing, proofreading, designing, plus learning, and finding out new ways of delivering high-quality content.

In return, you join a fantastic, inclusive company. Head to our careers page for more info on our ED+I promise. We will invest in developing your career, and nurture your potential. You will earn up to £30,000 (DOE) and enjoy employee perks including a dedicated 24/7 employee wellness platform, season ticket loan, pension contribution, flexible working opportunities, ongoing training to continue developing your skills, #MAGSWAG, and more!

Flexible working: 2 days in the office, 3 remote. This role is based from our Sutton office

Mark Allen Group consists of seven divisions: MA Healthcare, MA Business, MA Agriculture, MA Education, MA Exhibitions, MA Music Leisure & Travel, and MA Dentistry Media.

We are continuously looking to invite driven, ambitious, and enthusiastic candidates into our MAG family across our lucrative businesses. We are a trusted, family-owned media company specialising in offering professional content and services to global audiences. Content is key to everything that we do, be it across print, digital, or events.

We’re not interested in fitting into what a media company is supposed to look like. We are not wallflowers. Our ever-expanding business has rapidly grown from its humble beginnings and we’re only just getting started….

We positively celebrate Diversity & Inclusion in the Mark Allen Group. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, because it makes our company stronger. We are committed to achieving a working environment that provides equality of opportunity and freedom from discrimination. We aim to become the most inclusive business in Publishing- both for our people and our customers, reflecting and connecting with the diverse communities that we work with. We want people from all backgrounds to feel valued for their individuality and to thrive in our business and feel part of the family-run Mark Allen Group.

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