Corporate Campaigns Manager

Job Title:Corporate Campaigns ManagerLocation: Hertford / Stevenage Hybrid Working Starting Salary: GBP50,848 with the opportunity to progress to GBP56,246 pa (pro rata for part-time)Hours: 18.50 per week - ideally Wednesday to FridayContract: Fixed Term

Diversity: We are an inclusive employer and value a diverse workforce

Job Duties:

Are you a brilliant senior communications professional looking for an exciting and rewarding part-time role with flexibility at the heart of an award-winning team?

We have a rare opportunity to join Hertfordshire County Council's communications team as Corporate Campaigns Manager, working in a job-share on a part-time basis.

You will jointly lead a team focussed on delivering internal communications, change communications and high impact campaigns to support Hertfordshire's vision to create a cleaner, greener and healthier county.

Key areas of focus include:

• responsible for internal communications and engagement for approx. 8,000 colleagues across all council departments;
• provides expert advice to the Chief Executive and senior directors across a broad range of subjects, including change comms and colleague engagement;
• provides advice to senior officers and councillors and other colleagues about their communications needs and advise on the most effective communications solutions;
• delivers high quality, complex integrated campaigns across varied channels;
• leads the delivery of a transformation communications strategy for significant change programmes;
• accountable for setting the direction and ensuring consistency of the Hertfordshire County Council brand;
• managing, supporting and developing talented colleagues in your immediate team
• playing a wider leadership role in the wider team of around 20 expert communicators as a member of the Communications senior management team.

You'll be working in a fast-paced environment and advising the organisation's most senior leaders. Communicating topics that make a real difference to our colleagues and residents during a period of significant change for the organisation will be both challenging and rewarding.

You'll need to be able to work under pressure, be extremely well organised and resilient, take a pro-active approach to your workload and support your team to consistently deliver their best work.

Essential

• Proven track record of planning, delivering and evaluating integrated Corporate Campaigns (external and internal audiences).
• Experience of developing excellent internal and external stakeholder relationships across complex organisations, preferably within local government.
• Able to champion the communications service offer and negotiate with and influence senior leaders.
• Excellent understanding of transformation/change communications theories and principles and experience of applying them to plan effective campaigns.
• Fantastic writing and editing skills.
• Energetic, driven and enjoys working as part of a team.
• Experience of managing and developing high performing teams.
• Excellent working knowledge of research and evaluation techniques, and innovative practices in communications.

Desirable

• Understanding and experience of marketing and branding best practice with experience of developing and managing corporate brands.
• Experience of commissioning and managing suppliers such as designers and content producers.

You can play a leading role in a dedicated and talented team delivering high-quality and high-impact communications to approx. 8,000 council colleagues and Hertfordshire's 1.4m residents. If this sounds like the opportunity for you, would love to hear from you!

Closing Date: 14th January 2024Interview Date: w/c 22nd January 2024Benefits of working for us:

• Flexible Working Arrangements (depending on the role)• Excellent Career Development• Salary Exchange for Additional Benefits• Excellent Pension Scheme with Employer Contributions• Shopping Discounts• Support Groups & Wellbeing Schemes

Disability Confident: We are proud to be a Disability Confident employerand guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

English Fluency: The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.

Fixed Term and/or Secondment: This is a Fixed Term or Secondment vacancy. If you work for HCC or any other Local Authority and would like to be considered as a Secondment contract, please ensure you complete the attached Secondment Form as part of your application. If you do not, your application will be considered as a Fixed Term Contract only.