The British Association and College of Occupational Therapists (BAOT/COT) – the professional body and trade union which represents the UK’s 28,500 occupational therapy staff and students – seeks to fill the following positions

Social Media Officer, Salary £26,903-£29,893
35 hours per week, London bridge

Use your communication, editorial and project skills to develop our social media channels and take a key role in the building of our new Drupal website

This role requires an experienced social media professional to further develop our online communities. You will have the experience and ideas to take a strategic approach to social media and the personal skills to build strong relationships within the OT community. Within this role you will also work on content development and  support search engine optimisation and the use of analytics.

During your first year you will work on a major project to introduce a new website using Drupal content management system. To help deliver this project you will take particular responsibility for the redevelopment of our discussion forums, support the introduction of devolved authoring, and take on additional tasks necessary to the project.

Please send your CV with supporting letter by email to: peter.armstrong@cot.co.uk.

For a job description and person specification please visit our website at: www.cot.org.uk/work-at-cot

CVs should arrive no later than midday on Tuesday 14 September 2010.
Interviews will be held at the College on Monday 20 September 2010.

The College is a registered charity which promotes occupational therapy, social
and health care issues within the UK and overseas. It is an equal opportunities employer.

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Part-Time Secretary – Home Based – (Northern Ireland)
Maternity Cover Post
Salary range up to £11,200 pa for 17.5 hours per week

The College is seeking to recruit someone to provide cover on a temporary basis to our Northern Ireland Policy Officer and the Northern Ireland County Board. We are looking for an enthusiastic self-motivated person who has excellent experience of working in a secretarial support role. Based from your own home, using technology provided by the College you would be expected to provide a full secretarial service.

The ideal candidate will be a skilled administrator with experience of organising meetings for the Board and Policy Officer. Applicants must have an excellent grasp of grammar and be able to produce high quality and accurate reports and minutes and will need a high level of IT skills; with good experience in using the internet for undertaking research, managing Microsoft outlook, producing information using Excel and PowerPoint. The successful candidate will be the first point of contact for many enquiries with responsibility for collating data and producing information.

As this post is home based, the successful candidate will be expected to have space in their home for an office base. You will also be expected to undertake occasional travel to London and throughout Northern Ireland. A current driving license and access to transport would be desirable.

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For enquiries please email peter.armstrong@cot.co.uk

Complete applications should be sent by email angela.conway@cot.co.uk and arrive no later than 5.00 pm Tuesday 14th September 2010.
Interviews will be held in Northern Ireland on Thursday 23rd September 2010.