Website and Digital Content Officer

Universities UK is recruiting a Website and Digital Content Officer to be the custodian of high-quality, engaging and accessible content for UUK’s owned channels. This role ensures that web and other digital content aligns with brand guidelines, meets user needs, and supports the objectives of Universities UK’s five-year strategic plan. It also supports the campaigns and content team with wider outputs and content.

UUK is the collective voice for 142 universities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. As world leaders in research, teaching and innovation, our universities have a fantastic story to tell and will continue to be vital in the government’s growth and opportunity missions. Working with its members, Universities UK is embarking on a major programme of work to shift the dial on perceptions of higher education over the next four years.

As we progress this work, we are looking for a creative individual to join our team with proven experience in web content creation and management, expertise in content management systems and strong understanding of SEO principles, web analytics tools and user accessibility.

The post holder will also manage the relationship with our external digital partners, so experience of supplier is desirable.

Interview are expected to take place on Monday 27 April 2026.

Universities UK (UUK) 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 UUK.

Find out more about working at UUK and our equality, diversity and inclusion action plan on our website.

Universities UK operates a hybrid working framework involving the opportunity to work from home and in the office.  There will be a small number of roles where employees will be required to work from an office, but typically the majority of employees will be able to work remotely on average 60% of their working week.  All employees are welcome to use their contractual office for their whole working week if that is their preference. 

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