Job Title

Digital Content & SEO Editor (6-month FTC)

Hours

Hybrid Working Policy - Minimum 8 days per month in office, plus events and collaboration

Job level

£43,000 to £45,000 per annum (Pro Rata) - Band 5

Location

High Holborn, London

The Role

We need a practical, hands-on Digital Content & SEO Editor to support a short-term project improving website performance, usability, and content quality.

This role will focus on identifying and fixing SEO issues, improving content, and using analytics to guide decisions.

The role will demonstrate it has been completed successfully by producing updated metadata and SEO improvements across key pages on the BSB website. A cleaned and rationalised website content with improved and rewritten priority pages and user journey. A final summary of analytics insights and recommended next steps to continue the improvement and maintenance of the website.

Key responsibilities of the post:

Content Editing & Improvement
SEO & Site Optimisation
Content Clean-up
Analytics & Insights

Key skills and experience required include:

Degree in communications or digital communications or relevant experience
Proven experience in digital content editing and on-page SEO
A hands-on, pragmatic doer who can quickly identify issues and implement improvements without requiring heavy strategy, direction or oversight.
Content structure and readability (making complexity simple)
Search Engine Optimisation best practice
Writing in plain English
Experience using Google Analytics (GA4) for content insights
Confident working within a CMS (e.g. WordPress)

Full role details and person specification can be viewed in the job description – see below/ attached.

The BSB

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) regulates barristers and their professional practice and specialised legal services businesses in England and Wales in the public interest. We are responsible for setting education and training requirements, setting standards, authorising organisations, monitoring the service provided, and handling complaints. Barristers work at the heart of our justice system so BSB’s mission is fundamentally important to the maintenance of the rule of law.

Our people value our friendly and respectful environment, our support for flexible working, the opportunity to have a high degree of impact and our interesting, challenging, and varied work. More about our work can be viewed on our website, including our 5 year strategic aims.

Working for the BSB

The Bar Standards Board offers excellent terms and conditions of employment, including:

Hybrid Working is the agreed way of working.
We work from the office for a minimum of 2 days per week.
Option to work from the office more and attendance expected when there are team or organisational events.
Up to 31 days annual leave, plus a holiday transfer scheme
Up to 12% employer’s pension contribution
Private medical insurance
Parental leave and flexible working policies
Plus, a range of additional benefits, including discounts and rewards.

Applying

To apply for this role, please submit your CV and covering letter, addressing the essential criteria from the person specification. We operate an anonymous recruitment process, to reduce the chance of unconscious bias from our process, please remove your name and other personal information from your CV and covering letter before submitting.

The Bar Standards Board is a Disability Confident Committed employer. Candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for this role will be guaranteed an interview. Candidates with a disability who require reasonable adjustments should contact the People and Culture team on 0207 611 4699 or BSBPeopleTeam@BarStandardsBoard.org.uk to discuss arrangements.

The Bar Standard Board aims to recruit a talented workforce and values the diversity in background, skills and experience of its staff. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity for all job applicants irrespective of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, maternity or pregnancy, marital or civil partnership status or gender re-assignment.

Closing Date

12th July 2026 at 23:59pm

Proposed Interview Date

22nd / 23rd July 2026

Contact Details

0207 611 4699 or BSBPeopleTeam@BarStandardsBoard.org.uk

The independent, practicing Bar of England and Wales is more than 16,500 strong and plays a crucial role in upholding the principles of government accountability under law and vindication of legal rights through the courts.

A strong and independent Bar exists to serve the public. As specialists, independent advocates, barristers enable people to uphold their legal rights, often acting on behalf of the most vulnerable members of society.

The Bar makes a vital contribution to the efficient and effective operation of criminal and civil courts. It provides a pool of talent, from increasingly diverse backgrounds, from which a significant proportion of the judiciary is drawn, and on whose independence the rule of law and our democratic way of life depends.

Telephone: 020 7611 4699
Email: HRCentralMailbox@BarCouncil.org.uk

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