Fixed Term: 12 Months About the role This is an exciting opportunity to be at the heart of our work to improve outcomes for Children and Young People in Bury. As part of the corporate communications and engagement team you ll work alongside a team of communications professionals to drive the effective communication of our priorities and vision for Bury with a particular focus on work to support our Children and Young People s Department. We ve come a long way over the last few years to strengthen our support to young people in Bury and need your help in shouting about our good work and engaging our staff, partners and young people as part of our continued improvement journey. You ll work to develop and drive our communications strategy and delivery across the Children and Young People s Department working in all areas of the Department including Social Care and Early Help, our support to young people with special educational needs and disability and Education. You ll be comfortable working across internal and external communications and engagement and confident at generating high quality content across a range of media as well as shaping and driving a strategic approach to communications. Reporting to the Head of Communications, Engagement & Marketing you ll work closely with the Executive Director of Children s Services and senior managers across our Children and Young People s Department and wider Council. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact in a critical area of focus for Bury Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week. Dependent on service requirements, you may be required to work on a rota basis. About Bury The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service. In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted. As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way Benefits of working for Bury Council To hear about the benefits for working with Bury Council, please visit A good employer | greater jobs We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements. We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria. Next steps For an informal chat regarding the role please contact s.McVaighbury.gov.uk on Sam McVaigh.