Job Description
Work with us at NCT
For pregnancy, parents and progress.
At NCT, what we do every day has a real impact on people s lives.
We re the UK s charity for pregnancy, birth and early parenthood. For nearly 70 years, we ve been alongside women and parents, offering trusted information, practical support and building communities.
Today, we reach hundreds of thousands of new and expectant parents every year. We provide antenatal and postnatal education, local and national support for infant feeding and mental health, and we campaign for fairer, safer maternity care. We listen to parents experiences and act on them - tackling health inequalities, challenging systems that don t work, and pressing for progress.
Join our passionate team and contribute to the meaningful work that transforms the lives of parents and families.
Your role will include:
- Raise awareness of who we are what we do and the difference we make and encourage people to use our services, support our charity and advocate on behalf of new parents.
- Drive impactful campaigns Engage parents, policymakers, pregnancy and birth stakeholders and organisations with compelling advocacy and messaging.
- Lead the press office Develop and implement PR strategies to enhance NCT s visibility and credibility through powerful and creative storytelling.
- Lead our responsive external communications work developing thought leadership, reactive comment pieces and content in response to external developments affecting new and expectant parents.
Why work at NCT?
Whether you re supporting services, shaping policy, delivering programmes, raising funds, running operations or telling our story, you ll be contributing to something bigger:
a society where everyone who becomes a parent feels confident, connected and safe.
People join NCT because they want to make a difference - and stay because they believe in how we do it.
How we work
We re guided by a simple principle: no judgement, no exception. That shows up in how we support parents - and how we work with each other.
At NCT we are:
- Welcoming: We are always welcoming, creating connections and building communities.
- Collaborative: We achieve better outcomes by working together.
- Inclusive: We ensure equity and inclusion are core to who we are and what we do.
- Bold: We are bold, brave, and progressive
- Trusted: We provide trusted, high-quality, evidence-based information, support, and services.
We deal with complex issues, make tough decisions, and work in environments that can be challenging. But we do it with honesty, care and a shared sense of purpose.
When you work at NCT you ll get fantastic benefits to support your well-being and professional growth:
- 30 days annual leave (excluding Bank Holidays)
- Pension matched up to 5%
- Flexible working options to suite your lifestyle
- Employee Assistance Programme, including 24/7 GP access, personalised counselling, legal advice and more
- Cycle to work scheme to support sustainable commuting
- Life Assurance for peace of mind
- Free eye test for all staff, with further discounts
- Blue Light discount card
Join us
At NCT, we re committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workforce. If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or within your role, please let us know - we re here to support you. If you want your work to contribute to lasting change - for generations of parents to come - we d love to hear from you.
Together, we are NCT.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
At NCT, we believe everyone should be able to shape their own journey - as parents, and as colleagues.
We are taking positive action to increase diversity across our organisation, at all levels, and to nurture a culture of inclusion and belonging for all our people and for the parents and families we support. You can read more about our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion action.
We are committed to zero discrimination, both internally and externally. This commitment applies regardless of visible or invisible difference, including (but not limited to): sex, sexual orientation, age, race, ethnicity, disability, impairment, learning difference or long term condition, religion or belief, gender identity, economic class, marital or civil partnership status, family status (including single parents), socio economic background, pregnancy and maternity.
We actively welcome applications from people from communities who are under represented in our organisation and the charity sector more widely.
