AddressThis is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
- Job Title: Senior Communications Officer
- Job Location: 92-96 Westgate Street
- Salary: £34,834 - £38,223 per annum (pro rata)
- Hours per Week: 22.20
- Contract Type: Fixed Term
- Duration: One year
- Closing Date: 10/04/2024
- Job Requisition Number: 8309
- This post is not open to job share
About the team and role
Come gain valuable experience in this rewarding role in our talented and dedicated communications team. Our team ensures that messages get out to our communities using a variety of different channels. This could be working with the press, creating engaging online and social media content or writing targeted newsletters. The messages aren’t always easy to get across and we need to advise senior leaders on the best approaches using effective communication strategies that will land with our target audiences.
By getting messaging right you’ll help make a real difference to communities by ensuring they’re well informed about all sorts of different projects and services. You’ll also get the opportunity to work on messages for internal colleagues on changes within the organisation or celebrating their successes.
About you
To be successful you will need experience working in communications or marketing. You’ll need excellent organisational skills to allow you to prioritise your workload to keep on top of conflicting priorities. We also need to be able to effectively communicate with senior leaders including managers and politicians. You’ll need to be able to take complicated messages and make them easy to understand and have a good working knowledge of how to effectively communicate with different audiences.
About us
For all your hard work, you will receive the following:
- Flexible and agile working opportunities
- 24.5 days annual leave rising to 29.5 days after 5 years continuous service
- An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
- Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family
- Career development and qualification opportunities
- Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
- An in-house Occupational Health service
- Employee discount scheme
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&Cs apply)
- Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.
How to apply
If you feel you have the skills, desire and experience required to make a positive difference then please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” Button.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Emma Wild via email at Emma.Wild2@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Closing date: 10 April 2024
Short-listed candidates will be contacted by e-mail and invited to interview week commencing TBC
Additional Information
To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-
Senior Communications Officer - Job Profile
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.
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Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.
