Communications Consultant

COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT

PUBLIC AND GOVERNENT AFFAIRS

Salary - £37,00 - £40,400 per Annum

Full time

Scope of Work

• A key communications role within a small but busy Public & Government Affairs department for one of the world's leading energy and chemicals companies.
• The role reports to and supports the External Affairs Manager (UK Manufacturing) delivering multi-channel external communications for a high profile industrial site in Fife.

Main responsibilities

• Lead the company's long-standing community contributions programme, engaging with local charities, Community Councils and Groups to identify funding opportunities
• Undertake administration of contributions programme
• Work with colleagues to identify and promote STEM education activity with local schools
• Identify, develop and deliver pro-active communications to improve insight and understanding of company operations
• Develop social media and web channels presence through use of engaging and informative imagery and copy
• Write compelling copy for deployment across a range of digital and print channels
• Develop short-life campaigns to support key issues e.g. recruitment
• Liaise with media team to identify local communication opportunities and support development of relevant news releases
• Coordinate development of photographic and video collateral
• Engage with internal teams and monitor external activity to identify potential emerging issues
• Respond to community enquiries and complaints

Specific Requirements

• Communications and engagement experience (at least 3- 5) with proven track record in communications and engagement
• Experience of engaging with community representatives, schools and charities
• Excellent writing skills and experience of story identification and development
• Ability to analyse and communicate technical information to non-technical audiences
• Experience of digital communications including web and social media
• Experience of web content management systems
• Good interpersonal skills

This position is based On-site, successful candidate will work on temporary ongoing contract and will require Drug and Alcohol test and DBS.