Senior Digital Media Officer at West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Leeds

Senior Digital Media Officer 
£47,025 per annum - Grade 8 
Leeds / Hybrid 
Full time / Permanent - 37 hours per week 
 
Please note that the Combined Authority will consider requests for part-time working and/or job share. 

 
We currently have a vacancy for a Senior Digital Media Officer to join our Digital Media team. 

We’re looking for a creative, quick-thinking digital communicator to help shape our content for the Mayor of West Yorkshire and the Combined Authority. You will lead on fast-turnaround video, photography and copy for the mayor’s channels, keep our content calendar sharp, and help us move from broadcasting to genuine conversation with the people of West Yorkshire.  

It’s a great time to be working with a mayor. With the national government committed to deepening devolution to English regions, there are more opportunities than ever for the mayor’s voice to be heard, locally and nationally. As Senior Digital Media Officer, you will help us spot those moments and turn them into content that lands, while leading our push into new formats and platforms, from short-form video and podcasts to working with creators and influencers, so we reach the audiences that matter where they already are. 

 
Our Offer 

• Work your way – From flexible and agile working options, including a generous flexi-time scheme to help you balance your personal life and career. 

• Time to recharge – Enjoy 28 days of annual leave (with increases based on length of service), plus all Bank Holidays. 

• Free greener travel across West Yorkshire – Cover your commute sustainably with unlimited free bus and rail travel using the MCard (Zones 1–5). 

• Secure your future – Benefit from a highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme. 

• Investing in you – Take advantage of supported funded professional development, regular training, and up to 3 paid volunteering days per year. 

• Grow with us – Incremental salary progression for most roles and annual cost of living increases. 

• Family first – We offer enhanced parental and bereavement leave, plus other family-friendly policies to support you when it matters most. 

• Your wellbeing, our priority – Access 24/7 free confidential counselling services and the Headspace app for you and up to 5 family or friends. 

• Modern workspace in a prime location – Work in bright, contemporary offices just a 2-minute walk from Leeds Train Station, fully equipped with the latest tech. 

 
 
The Role  

Reporting into the Digital & Social Media Manager, your key responsibilities will include:  

• Creation of standout, fast-turnaround content for the mayor’s social media channels: planning, shooting and editing in-house video and photography that captures the moment and gets people talking, backed by sharp copy written at pace. 

• Bringing fresh ideas to new formats and emerging platforms, from short-form video and podcasts to collaborations with creators and influencers and turning complex policy into content people want to watch, read and share. 

• Delivering the content calendar and using performance data to learn what lands, then refining how we create content and helping the mayor build real two-way conversations online rather than simply broadcasting. 

Please review the Role Profile on our website for more information about the responsibilities. 

About You 

You will have the following key skills, attributes, education and experience:  

• Extensive knowledge and expertise of the UK Bus, Rail or Tram industry, including bus/crew scheduling and network planning. 

• Detailed understanding of local transport policy issues, including current legal/financial regime in which local Public Transport is delivered. Good understanding of public policy issues including processes by which policy changes. 

• Experience of managing people including appraisals, performance management, disciplinary, recruitment and selection. 

• Ability to design and plan Bus Services to meet organisational and/or customer needs. 

• Ability to estimate costs and resource requirements for new and amended Bus Services. 

 
 
To Apply 

If this sounds like your next role, please complete the application form and tell us within the supporting statement why you would be a great fit for our role and how your skills, knowledge and experience align with the requirements within the Role Profile. Please visit our Advice for Candidates webpage and review the guidance on this page for support in completing your application form. 
 

Further Information 

The Combined Authority is passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better outcomes. We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro divergent. To find out more about inclusivity at the West Yorkshire Combined Authority please visit our dedicated webpage. 

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, applicants with a disability are guaranteed an interview, subject to the minimum criteria being met.