What's involved with this role:
Temporary Communications Officer/ Admin - Marketing/PR
Reference no: E Cheshire 5257796
Pay Rate: £17.12 per hour PAYE
35-37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 1-2 months
City: SANDBACH
This role is hybrid with 2-3 days in the office. This can be in Crewe, or Macclesfield Town Hall.
The purpose of the role is to plan, deliver and advise about communications campaigns that promote the priorities of CEC.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop and implement cost-effective, creative, audience-specific communications plans and products, that promote the Council and that support the Council’s business objectives, using a wide range of digital and traditional channels.
Commission cost-effective, creative, audience-specific communications products from a range of internal and external providers including media relations officers, online services team and Creative Design and Print Framework suppliers.
Set, monitor and evaluate SMART communications objectives for communications activity, including both output and outcome measures.
Contribute to a coordinated schedule of communications activity for Cheshire East Council.
Contribute to a comprehensive body of marketing and communications intelligence to inform and support delivery of the Council’s communications objectives.
Build an influential network of internal and external contacts as an enabling resource to support delivery of the Council’s communications objectives.
Advise, influence and challenge colleagues and service delivery partners at all levels on their communications objectives and requirements.
Maintain up-to-date skills and knowledge of communications tools and technology and use them to maximise effectiveness of communications activity.
Qualifications:
Degree or equivalent qualification / experience in a communications discipline.
RSA2 typing speed qualification or an equivalent level of experience.
Knowledge:
Demonstrable understanding of reputation management in a local government setting.
Excellent understanding of marketing / PR communications theories and concepts.
Experience:
Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
Professional experience in a marketing or PR communications role.
Skills & Abilities:
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite, Mosaic).
Excellent copywriting for a range of audiences and channels including media releases.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address.
Please feel free to apply to us directly via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title.
To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not as a PDF.
If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
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Job Ref: E Cheshire 5257796
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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