About Us
Established in 2002, Greenhouse Sports is a youth charity specifically using sport to support social change. Sport is our hook to engage young people and one of the vehicles through which we support youth development. But our purpose is not to create elite athletes or address physical inactivity. Rather, we create opportunities for young people to recognise their strengths and develop the skills they need to thrive both now and in the future.
We work across London, Portsmouth, and Leicester, specifically in areas of high deprivation. We embed evidence-based positive youth development programmes into primary and secondary schools. These programmes are delivered by our trusted, high-quality coach-mentors who deliver year-round to ensure that young people have ongoing access to sport, mentoring, enrichment, and employability activities. The result of this work is that every year, Greenhouse Sports support over 9,000 young people to attend school more often, improve their wellbeing, and raise their aspirations, transforming life chances in the communities that need us the most.
The Opportunity
About Greenhouse Sports
Established in 2002, Greenhouse Sports is a youth charity using sport to drive social mobility. This means were intentional in our use of sport to support social change. Sport is our hook to engage young people, and one of the vehicles we use to support youth development. But were not here to create elite athletes or tackle physical inactivity. Instead, we create opportunities for young people to recognise their strengths and develop the skills they need to thrive, now and in the future.
Working across London, Portsmouth and Leicester, specifically in areas of high deprivation, we embed evidence-based positive youth development programmes into primary and secondary schools. These programmes are delivered by our trusted, high-quality Coach-Mentors who deliver year-round to ensure that young people have access to sport, mentoring, enrichment and employability activities. Every year, we support over 9,000 young people to attend school more often, improve their wellbeing and raise their aspirations, transforming life chances in the communities that need us most.
Role overview
Youll be our eyes and ears on the ground, sharing the Greenhouse story and shaping powerful narratives that celebrate the life-changing impact of our programmes. Youll show the world everything thats happening at our freshly reopened Centre: a unique 17 century church turned community space in Edgware Road. The Centre will be your main base, but youll also be out and about gathering content from our schools programmes and corporate/brand events.
A major focus of your role will be to run and grow our vibrant social media presence. Were looking for someone who can take in all the stories being shaped, opportunities being created and experiences being had day in, day out at Greenhouse, and create engaging content that brings them to life across Instagram, LinkedIn and Facebook. Through videos, stills, graphics and more, youll build the momentum, impact and community that are key to our work. You'll communicate the power of our Coach-Mentors impact on young people, and invite more people to become part of our Team for Life.
Youll also get the chance to work alongside Olympic athletes, celebrity ambassadors and our globally-recognised brand and corporate partners. You'll take on a range of responsibilities, touching on every aspect of marketing and communications.
This role will suit you if youve got a great eye for content, you like variety and youre a self-starter with the drive and know-how to absorb the Greenhouse story, package it into the content we need for our channels, and get it shared far and wide. Youre a brave thinker and creator, an opportunity spotter, and you understand how to bring together quality content, keep our tone of voice and brand on point, and create social strategies that support and share our whole teams work.
What youll do
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Content creation: Create engaging, on-trend content for our audiences (corporate funders, schools and young people), reflecting our mission and values.
- Social media leadership: Lead our social media strategy and calendar, using analytics to grow engagement and awareness.
- Communication strategies: Help shape and run strategies that grow our brand across digital platforms.
- Own our website and newsletter: Maintain and update our WordPress site, and use Google Analytics to monitor our digital presence.
- Source content from across Greenhouse for our Mailchimp newsletter.
- Event promotion: Create buzz around Greenhouse being part of major sports and community events like the London Marathon and Hackney Half.
- Stakeholder engagement: Work with high-profile corporate and brand partners and stakeholders to boost our campaigns.
- Administration tasks: Support our office staff and Coach-Mentors on marketing and comms requests, so the whole team is effectively representing our brand.
Who you are
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Skilled on socials: Youre ready to create and run content and campaigns (we mainly use Canva and CapCut).
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People person: Youre confident working with everyone from primary school-age young people to senior corporate leaders on our board. Youve got a knack for making them all feel at ease when youre capturing content.
- Proactive: Youre always spotting new ways to tell our story and grow our digital presence.
- Great communicator: Youre a clear writer and speaker.
- Organised: You have excellent planning skills, and you manage tasks and priorities effectively.
- Self-starter: Youre happy working independently, as well as collaborating with our wider team.
- Detail-oriented: Youre strong on the details and know why brand consistency matters.
- Bonus: Experience working on brand ambassadors/public affairs/youth policy.
All Greenhouse Sports employees are provided with comprehensive Continuous Professional Development support and are expected to commit fully to Greenhouse's Safeguarding & Child Protection policy.
To read a full job pack please click here- Digital Communications Officer opportunity pack_July 2026.pdf
Application Deadline: Friday 7 August 2026
Please ensure you have provided both your CV and Cover Letter to support your application.
First stage interviews will take place in person 12/13 August. Second stage interviews will take place in person week commencing 17 August.
For an informal chat or to ask any questions, please reach out to Marketing & Communications Manager - Abi Malins [email protected]
Greenhouse Sports is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children therefore applicants must be willing to undergo child protection training and screening including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check and obtaining satisfactory references from past employers.
