Company

Manchester City CouncilSee more

addressAddressManchester, Greater Manchester
CategoryAdvertising & Marketing

Job description

Working Hours: 35 Hours per week

Contract Type: Full time, Permanent

Closing Date: 20 March 2024 

 

This is an opportunity for an innovative and enthusiastic communications specialist to join Manchester City Council’s award-winning Strategic Communications service.  

  • This role will be part of the multi-talented Internal Communicationsteam.
  • You will be required to deliver successful end to end creative Internal Communications campaigns aligned to the Council’s priorities to ensure our staff are informed, engaged and recognised right across the organisation.
  • This role works with and supports the Internal Communications Manager to deliver the Internal Communications strategy and plan, along with working closely with HR’s Organisational Development team to deliver priority staff engagement events.  
  • We have a diverse and talented workforce, with multiple opportunities and benefits for all our staff. This role aims to enhance the experience of being a Manchester City Council employee. 
  • This role will be required to work with senior leaders, services and stakeholders from across the whole organisation.

If you have questions about this role email Nicola Detheridge, Internal Communications Manager, at [email protected]

Request

We are looking for a passionate and creative Internal Communications officer to join our fantastic team. 

  • It’s important you can demonstrate your passion for Manchester and for internal communications and you will need to have some communications experience to be successful in this role. 
  • You need to understand the value of employee communications and can deliver communications activities that best meet the needs of difference audiences. 
  • You will work in a fast-paced environment and lead on a variety of creative campaigns in partnership with a wide variety of services. You will be required to bring ideas to life and take the initiative to develop content for multiple channels. 
  • We are an experienced and supportive team and want to work with someone who has a positive attitude, good initiative, is willing to learn and can work to an excellent standard.  
  • You must possess strong written and verbal communication skills, particularly writing for different sources and audiences. The role requires you to be an advocate for the city, champion staff and be able to build strong and positive working relationships. 
  • We’re looking for someone who can demonstrate an understanding of the digital landscape and has experience of working with core digital tools and systems that support communications planning and delivery. You need to be able to adapt quickly and work confidently with our digital platforms to deliver the very best outcomes for our staff.  
  • You will play a key part in making staff feel celebrated, recognised supported and engaged by putting them at the heart of your communications activity. 

If this all sounds great and you’re ready to be part of it, we can't wait to hear from you!

 
Please note: If sufficient number of applications are received, this vacancy will be closed prior to the stated closing date. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Benefits

We’re the local government authority for Manchester, and have teams across the city helping to make this a great place to live for everyone. We’re proud to do local government differently, in a city with an international reputation for diversity, creativity, culture and passion.  When you join us, you’re joining a team of over 7,000 council staff helping to make our ambition for Manchester a reality. Whatever your role, you’ll be supporting our residents and communities to be the best they can be, and helping to build a Manchester that's fairer for everyone who lives, works, volunteers, studies or plays here.  To make our ambition a reality, every person we recruit needs to play their its part. It takes a certain type of behaviour, attitude and way of working to get Manchester where it wants to be. Our people and partners have agreed five ‘behaviours’ – the grounding for how we must work together and treat one another: We take time to listen and understand We work together and trust each other We show that we value our differences and treat each other fairly We ‘own it’ and we’re not afraid to try new things We’re proud and passionate about Manchester A career with us means you can be yourself, thrive, and build the career your talent and ambition deserve. Creating an inclusive team at Manchester City Council  At Manchester City Council, we strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve.  We want to further increase the diversity of our workforce, in particular the number of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic staff and disabled staff at all levels of the Council. This advert is open to all applicants, and we would particularly encourage applications from candidates identifying with one or both of those characteristics.    If you want to find out more about the role, our ways of working, flexible arrangements or any workplace adjustments, please let us know by emailing [email protected]. If you are invited to interview, we will ask you if you require any adjustments for you to best demonstrate your suitability for the role in the interview process.      Guaranteed Interview Scheme As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria: Members of the Armed Forces and veterans Are currently in care, or have previously been in care If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition Accessibility  As a Disability Confident Employer, we provide support for employees with physical or mental-health conditions, a disability or neurodiversity. Our workplaces are accessible by design, and we make workplace adjustments including providing aids, adaptations and equipment. These, combined with our flexible working policies such as disability-related leave, enable our employees to perform their role, thrive and be their authentic selves in work.  We’ve also included some useful tips on how to submit the best application. When you join us  We want everyone to be able to be themselves at work and give their best. If you need additional support to undertake the duties of the role, we’ll make every effort to source any necessary aids, adaptations or equipment. If, however, any task proves to be unachievable, we will look at redesigning parts of the role.  Other relevant information  Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment Who we are - Manchester City Council  Privacy Notice
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