Communications Officer

Our client in Kempston, Bedford are looking for a Communications Officer on a temporary basis to ensure their communications and engagement department is recognised and promoted as a professional, inclusive and valued emergency service, with all stakeholders and that essential messages are communicated internally and externally. 

Location: Based at HQ, Kempston, hybrid working is available
Pay rate: £18.99 - £20.31 per hour
Temporary Up to 6 months
Hours: 37hrs per week Mon-Fri - On-Call Comms Rota (1 in 4 weeks)
Start date – mid-end of Jan 2024 – ideally!

As a Communications Officer you will:

• To proactively promote the organisation, its work and activities, employees, career opportunities, campaigns, successes and key messages across a variety of digital platforms, both internally and externally, evaluating outcomes where appropriate.
   
• To work independently to strategically develop and deliver the Service’s social media strategy in a creative way, managing all corporate social media channels and supporting on-call stations with their local pages.
   
• To proactively manage the reputation of the organisation, including media and social media management and monitoring
   
• To assist and manage the production of creative content, including graphics, infographics, videography and material of all descriptions including digital content and traditional printed materials.
   
• To play an active role in external and internal responses for the organisation during major and significant incidents including crisis management, social media, media handling, photography, video, website management and briefing stakeholders and working together with communication teams from other agencies. This includes attending events and incidents to manage communication and as part of an out of hours evening and weekend on-call rota (additional payment, one in four weeks on call) 

Experience needed for Communications Officer:

• To hold a relevant degree or equivalent experience
• In-depth experience of working within a media/communication or public relations environment
• In-depth experience in creating and implementing digital campaigns utilising multiple platforms and tools including photography and video production to capture well composed photos and video content for a variety of uses.
• In-depth experience of Microsoft 365, especially SharePoint, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, Publisher, as well as design applications such as Canva, Adobe and Photoshop and other content management systems for websites and intranets
• In-depth experience in creative and engaging content for all social media channels for a variety of different messaging and purposes to get messages across to different audiences.
• Effective interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate orally and in writing in a clear, concise and articulate way that is suitable and adapted to the target audience (internal and external) and speak publicly with confidence and professionalism including crisis management situations.
• Ability to use social media proficiently such as Facebook, X, Flickr, YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn, Instagram and NextDoor

If this role is of interest to you, please APPLY online now.