The Symbiosis Foundation has programmes, events, partnerships, volunteer opportunities, community activities, and stories worth sharing. Our challenge is not simply creating more content. We want to communicate with greater direction and consistency.

The Social Media & Marketing Lead will help us decide what we should communicate, organise our social media priorities, coordinate contributors, and ensure that individual posts contribute to a recognisable wider story. This role combines social media strategy, digital marketing, coordination, and storytelling. You will not be expected to create every piece of content yourself. Instead, you will help guide the process and make sure our social media activities move forward.

What You Will Focus On

Depending on current priorities, you may:

• Develop and improve our social media and digital marketing approach
• Define content pillars, priorities, and campaign ideas
• Maintain a practical content calendar
• Coordinate contributors involved in social media and storytelling
• Turn organisational priorities and updates into clear content opportunities
• Prepare briefs and provide direction to content creators
• Review planned content and provide constructive feedback
• Help maintain consistency in our messaging, tone, and storytelling
• Schedule or publish social media content when needed
• Review basic social media performance and identify opportunities to improve
• Explore new ways to increase visibility and engagement

Who This Role Is For

This opportunity may suit you if you:

• Are interested in social media, marketing, communications, or branding
• Enjoy thinking strategically about how organisations communicate
• Can organise different ideas and contributors around clear priorities
• Are comfortable coordinating people and following up when needed
• Can provide clear direction and constructive feedback
• Understand how storytelling supports marketing and community-building
• Are proactive and comfortable taking ownership
• Enjoy combining strategy with practical execution
• Are interested in social impact and purpose-driven work

Previous experience in social media, marketing, communications, campaign planning, editorial planning, or coordination is helpful. However, you do not need to have held a formal “Lead” position before. Relevant skills may also come from volunteering, education, personal projects, community work, or other professional experience. Experience with LinkedIn, Instagram, Canva, Microsoft 365, content calendars, scheduling tools, or social media analytics is welcome.

Time Commitment

This is a remote, unpaid volunteer role requiring approximately 2–6 hours per week. The schedule is flexible, but this role requires regular communication, reliability, and enough continuity to keep social media activities moving.

What You’ll Gain

• Hands-on experience shaping social media and marketing direction
• The opportunity to take ownership of a developing communication function
• Experience coordinating contributors and campaigns
• Practical examples of strategy, planning, and purpose-driven marketing
• Collaboration with an international, mission-driven team
• Exposure to nonprofit communication, digital storytelling, and community-building
• The opportunity to help socially impactful work reach more people

Selection Process

After submitting your application, you will receive an invitation to complete a short asynchronous video introduction. The video introduction helps us learn more about your motivation, experience, approach to social media and marketing, and way of working.