Content Designer

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Content Designer to join our team and organisation for a fixed-term of 12 months (Maternity cover). We are committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and we are interested in you as an individual. We are looking for someone with experience in user-centred design for digital products/services to create high quality engaging content for the organisation.

Who are we

Crescent Purchasing Consortium(CPC) is a not-for-profit charity that gives back to the education sector and a one-stop procurement shop with a vision of being the first-choice procurement services charity that gives back to the education sector. Combining professional support expert guidance and resources with FREE training and development opportunities viaCrescent Learning.

Each year CPCs Board of Trustees review the level of reserves our charity has and any surpluses are reinvested back into the education sector via the Giving Back initiative. To date over 2 million has been designated for re-investment in the form of various projects with the largest amount being used specifically for awarding non-refundable grants to CPC members supporting SEND learners wellbeing and absenteeism in colleges schools academies and universities nationwide.

What makes us different

Were an award-winning organisation recognised and certified as a Great place to work. We offer a collaborative exciting environment where your ideas are heard and valued. We provide competitive salaries benefits and opportunities for career development. Were making a real

difference and you can be a part of it! This is just the beginning were constantly growing and evolving and were always looking for passionate individuals who share our vision!

This is just the beginning were constantly growing and evolving and were always looking for passionate individuals who share our Vision Mission and Values:

CPCs Vision is to be the first-choice procurement services charity that gives back to the education sector.

• CPCs Mission we want our members to receive outstanding procurement services.

• CPCs Values

  • People First - We provide a caring inclusive and supporting environment that focuses on individual needs to enable our people to be the best they can be.

  • Customer Always - Everything we do is for the benefit of our customers to help them provide the best service possible to their learners.

  • Excellence -We are 100% committed to delivering the highest-quality services that exceed expectations with continuous improvement at the heart of what we do.

Whats the role

The role is offered as a full-time or part-time position based at our head office in Salford for a fixed term of 12 months (Maternity cover) from 29th June 2026 to 31st July 2027.

Being part of the Communications Team you will lead and deliver continuous improvement to our websites and Digital Email Marketing Campaign via Mailchimp to enhance and evolve our Group service offer for the benefit of our members partners and wider stakeholders. As a content designer you will be responsible for creating evaluating updating and reviewing content at all stages of the end-to-end user journey.

You will work collaboratively with other multi-disciplinary team members as well as liaise with internal and external stakeholders.

In this role your work may involve the creation of or change to a transaction product or single piece of content that stretches across digital and offline channels. You will be responsible for delivering rich brand-building content to support our Five-Year Strategic Plan and Communications and Marketing Strategy.

Role responsibilities include conducting thorough research on industry-related topics generating ideas for new content types and proofreading articles before publication to ensure it is of the highest standard engaging meets the brief and aligned to the overall organisational messaging.

Your content design skills will also be utilised for Group wide research surveys and direct email marketing and will support the wider Communications Team day to day business activity.

This is just the beginning were constantly growing and evolving and were always looking for passionate individuals who share our vision!

What are we looking for

We are looking for someone with experience in the following areas:

1)The principles of writing for different digital channels platforms and a wide range of users including use of different formats.

2)User-centred design for digital products and services including different approaches to content and how best to use them.

3) Digital email marketing systems such as Mailchimp and working with marketing lists in a CRM system.

4) Pay per click and LinkedIn marketing.

5) Email marketing software.

6) Understanding of content life-cycle management and evidence-based content design.

What we can offer in return for your dedication:

We offer a wide range of benefits including:

• Salary of up to 36000 FTE per annum depending on experience.

• Generous yearly discretionary bonuses following successful probation.

• Remote working with visits to clients onsite when required.

• Access to a local government pension scheme which includes death-in-service and ill health.

• Opportunities to develop through our inhouse development programmes and through external learning with full support given to achieve MCIPS.

• 41 days holiday (including three days additional leave forChristmas holiday closure and bank holidays).

• Time off for volunteering opportunities.

• Enhanced leave packages such as paid sickness carers leave bereavement and compassionate leave and maternity pay.

• Support for wellbeing with access to 8 mental health first aiders and the opportunity to join an Employee Assistance Programme.

• The chance to get involved in a number of working groups such as Equality Diversity and Inclusion Wellbeing and Sustainability.

• The opportunity to join our Womens Mens and Carers employee support networks which provide safe spaces for colleagues to share their experiences.

• Social and employee events throughout summer and at Christmas.

• Has aprogramme of giving back to the communities in which it is based and which it supports.

• Travel expenses paid for any additional required travelling outside of your contracted place of work.

Next Steps

The deadline to apply is Sunday 17th May 2026.

Following successful application we will invite selected candidates to meet for an interview with our hiring managers.

If you like what youve read please dont delay in applying as wemay close vacancies early where we receive lots of applications. Please click on the link below for the job description.

note that VISA sponsorship is not offered for this role.

We are a disability confident employer so if you need any adjustments made to support your application for example if you require information in different formats or if you have any accessibility issues were more than happy to review our processes. Please feel free to get in touch with us at .

As an equal opportunities employer Crescent Purchasing Consortium is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age disability sex sexual orientation pregnancy and maternity race or ethnicity religion or belief gender identity or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.