Law for Life: the Foundation for Public Legal Education

Law for Life: the Foundation for Public Legal Education

Role description

You will have the opportunity to be involved in one or more of the following tasks:

reviewing information categories and making recommendations for the Advicenow website in line with our inclusion criteria
reviewing the information available from a particular provider against Advicenow’s inclusion criteria and making recommendations for the Advicenow website
producing a checklist summarising a legal process
contributing to the development of a new Advicenow guide as a panel member
developing a new ‘know-how’ including top tips and possible solutions in collaboration with a member of the Advicenow team
admin tasks, for example, searching for email addresses for contacts or working through Google analytics looking at ‘no results’ searches
updating of the Advicenow Information Service
Editing and publishing material onto the Advicenow and Law for Life websites using the content management system.
Drafting, producing and disseminating newsletters, Facebook posts and tweets.
Monitoring or researching changes in the law
Monitoring Google analytics and/or other evaluation processes.

Person specification

Shortlisted candidates will meet all of the essential criteria, and are likely to meet several if not all of the desirable criteria below.

Essential

Interest in the broad range of law and rights issues affecting the UK public.
Excellent writing skills in plain English, including the ability to pay close attention to detail and to summarise complex information and communicate clearly to a wide audience.
Strong IT skills, including a thorough working knowledge of Microsoft Office software and an ability or willingness to update websites.
Ability to work in a systematic and organised manner in order to maintain a database of rights information.
Enthusiasm for the development of information to increase public knowledge and understanding of the law and rights.
A self-motivated and flexible approach to working independently within a small team
Good organisational skills, including ability to organise your work, take responsibility for particular areas of work, work on own initiative and meet agreed deadlines.
An understanding of the difficulties faced by disadvantaged people and communities in achieving access to the law and justice.
An understanding of equal opportunities issues and a commitment to equal opportunities in all aspects of your work.

Desirable

Experience of updating and editing website content
An ability to administrate, manage and regularly update social media sites such as Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter with the intention of increasing Advicenow and Law for Life’s reach.
Experience of the not-for-profit advice or community sector.