Communications Graduate

About Chayn

Chayn is a global nonprofit making healing accessible for all survivors of gender-based violence. By reimagining technology, we create online resources that are trauma-informed, multilingual, and feminist, supporting survivors to heal at their own pace, wherever they are.

Chayn started in 2013 to provide survivors of abuse with accurate, diverse and accessible information. Since our beginnings, over 700,000 people have accessed our award-winning work online, generating 1.2 million page views. Up to 70% of our volunteers are survivors of abuse, which means not only are our projects user-centred; they are user-led.

We are experts in trauma-informed work and have developed trauma-informed design principles that we apply at every level of the organisation, from HR to user research and UX/UI. We are one of only a few feminist technology organisations tackling gender-based violence while creating and maintaining openly licensed products and code.

While we’ve been going for over 10 years, Chayn was entirely volunteer-led until 2020, when we started to grow our team of paid staff. We are now a core team of 11, with up to 10 supporting contractors and a team of contributing volunteers, working together remotely from all over the world.

Communications Graduate

⚓ Location: Fully remote, you can be based anywhere in the world

⏱️ Hours: Full-time, 30 hours per week

💰 Salary: £1,800/month

📜 Contract: 12 months with possible extension subject to funding and performance

👤 Reporting to: Head of Communications

🕰️ Deadline: Tuesday, June 30, 2026

The role

We’re looking for a creative, thoughtful and organised Communications Graduate to help us tell people about Chayn’s work and reach more survivors, supporters and partners.

You’ll work across our social media, newsletters, website, campaigns and organisational communications. You might spend one day turning research about gender-based violence into an accessible social media post, another helping launch a new resource, and another looking at our analytics to understand what is reaching people and what we could do differently.

This is a graduate role, so we don’t expect you to arrive knowing everything. You’ll receive guidance and support from our Head of Communications while gaining practical experience across digital communications, campaigning, storytelling and content management in an international feminist nonprofit.

Your brief

You’ll help us create communications that are clear, useful and recognisably Chayn.

Your work will include:

• Drafting and scheduling content for Chayn’s social media channels
• Writing and editing newsletters, blogs, website copy and campaign materials
• Helping plan and deliver campaigns, resource launches and organisational announcements
• Turning complex research and sensitive subjects into content that is accessible, engaging and easy to understand
• Creating visual content and adapting existing templates and assets
• Keeping our website, blog and resource pages accurate and up to date
• Helping manage communications calendars, content trackers and digital assets
• Engaging thoughtfully with our online community
• Supporting our commercial partnerships efforts via LinkedIn and our newsletter
• Monitoring social media, website and newsletter performance and helping us learn from the results
• Researching relevant news, trends, awareness dates and conversations relating to gender-based violence, technology and survivor support
• Supporting communications for events, partnerships, fundraising and organisational updates
• Helping coordinate communications requests from across the Chayn team

Your biggest challenge

Communicating about gender-based violence requires care.

Our content needs to be honest about harm without being sensationalist, and warm without becoming vague or patronising. We speak to people who may be experiencing trauma, as well as supporters, partners, funders and organisations working in the sector.

You’ll need to think carefully about language, context, accessibility and power. Sometimes you’ll be working with complicated research or difficult subject matter and will need to find a way to make it understandable without losing its meaning.

We don’t expect you to do this alone. You’ll work closely with the Head of Communications and other members of the team, using Chayn’s trauma-informed design principles and safeguarding approach to guide your work.

Your profile

We’re interested in people who care about language, ideas and how communications can contribute to social change.

You may have recently graduated in communications, marketing, journalism, media, design, humanities, social sciences, international development, gender studies or another relevant subject. We also recognise that people develop communications skills in many different ways, so we welcome applications from people whose experience does not fit neatly into one academic route.

Essential

• Strong written English and the ability to communicate ideas clearly
• A thoughtful and sensitive approach to writing about gender-based violence, trauma and survivor support
• Good organisational skills and attention to detail
• An interest in digital communications, storytelling and campaigning
• The ability to research a subject and summarise what you find
• Confidence using Google Workspace or similar digital tools
• The ability to manage your time and work independently in a remote team
• Openness to feedback and a willingness to learn
• An understanding of intersectionality and systems of oppression
• An affinity with Chayn’s mission and organisational values

Desirable

You do not need to meet all of these:

• Experience creating social media posts, newsletters, blogs, videos or website content
• Experience gained through an internship, student project, volunteering, activism or paid work
• Familiarity with tools such as Canva, Mailchimp, Hootsuite, and Notion
• An understanding of digital accessibility or writing for different online audiences
• Basic experience using analytics to understand how content is performing
• Familiarity with SEO
• Experience working remotely or as part of an international or multicultural team
• Knowledge of another language

What you’ll gain

During the 12 months, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Build a varied portfolio of published communications work
• Learn how trauma-informed and survivor-centred principles shape communications in practice
• Gain experience across campaigns, social media, newsletters, websites and digital analytics
• Work alongside colleagues across programmes, survivor services, fundraising, research and operations
• Develop your writing, editing, planning and content production skills
• Learn how a small, international feminist organisation communicates with different audiences around the world

Inclusion

At Chayn, inclusion and accessibility are at the core of our work. We welcome applicants from all walks of life. Given the nature of our work and our global audience, we particularly encourage applications from those who grew up in the Global South or Majority World.

We also encourage applications from people of colour, LGBTQ+ people—we are a trans-inclusive organisation—people with disabilities, and people who have experienced exclusion or marginalisation. Up to 70% of our team members are survivors of abuse, so if you are one too and are thinking of applying, know that you will be in a safe and affirming space.

We aim to make our recruitment process as accessible as possible, but know there may be more we can do. If you have particular accessibility needs or require additional support, please contact us so we can think together about how to make the process easier for you.