Job Description
The Wolfson Foundation is a charity that awards grants to support excellence in the fields of science, health, heritage, humanities and the arts, with education and research underpinning everything that we do. We are one of the country’s largest funding charities, and in 2023 we allocated some £38 million in grants.
We are recruiting for an exciting and varied role: our Communications & Wolfson History Prize Officer. You will support communications for the Wolfson Foundation, including promoting and administering the Wolfson History Prize, the UK’s most valuable history-writing prize. The post reports to the Communications Manager.
In recent years we have expanded our communications activity to raise awareness of our funding and the impact it has in the sectors we support. The Communications & Wolfson History Prize Officer will support communications with all audiences and stakeholders notably via our website and social media. You will work to share stories of the projects we fund, planning and developing engaging content. Experience in social media and digital communications is therefore important.
This post will also play a leading role in the most public-facing area of our work, the Wolfson History Prize. First awarded by the Wolfson Foundation in 1972, the prize celebrates books which combine academic excellence with readability. We are looking for someone who can bring their experience of events, communications, and project management to the promotion and administration of the prize, which has been won by historians including Antonia Fraser, Antony Beevor, Eric Hobsbawm and Amanda Vickery.
The role will work with the Communications Manager to support the delivery of the communications and PR strategy for the prize. Events and project management experience will also be key. You will deliver prize events including the annual winner ceremony and will administer the prize submissions process.
The successful candidate will be curious about the full range of the Wolfson Foundation’s activities, although an interest in history would be an advantage. Essential skills include outstanding organisational abilities, demonstrable project management skills, and the ability to analyse and solve problems.
The Foundation is able to offer £30,000-36,000 per annum as part of a competitive remuneration package, including private health insurance and pension contribution.
Further information about the role can be found in the job description. Diversity and inclusion are very important to us and we welcome applications from a diverse range of people.