Vacancy Description
Title
Communications Officer - part time
Service Area/School
Finance & Corporate Services - Communications & Marketing
About Us
Bexley is an outer London Borough with the best of both worlds, located between the hustle and bustle of London and the Garden of England, Kent. Within the borough we have award winning parks, open spaces and listed heritage sites.
About The Role
To ensure that the Council, its activities, services and policies are communicated with external and internal audiences, including the media, in the best possible light, using a range of communications channels and marketing techniques designed to deliver the best results and value for money.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact communications manager, Jane Parson on 020 3045 4868 from Wednesday to Friday.
We will offer you in return a package that includes a competitive salary, an excellent pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays.
Candidate Profile
Are you able to work as part of a busy Communications and Marketing Team to plan communications activities, to implement them to agreed targets and goals and to evaluate their success? You would need:
* to take the lead for communications on agreed areas, issues or policies, liaising effectively with senior managers and elected Members as directed by the Communications Manager.
* provide a high-quality media relations service, produce high quality texts, articles, news release and other written materials.
* make full use of the Council’s website and other online communications channels, including social media, to communicate effectively with widest possible audiences and to ensure that the Council’s messages are promoted online.
* to be able to undertake specified duties and tasks linked to the Communications and Marketing Team.
For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for this role then please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description attached.
How To Apply
Use the ‘Apply for vacancy’ button. Please note that the system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised and have your CV and/or Supporting statement ready to upload.
If any mandatory fields are missing, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion. Please check your Junk email for any correspondence.
Additional Information
As a disability confident employer Bexley welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on recruitment@bexley.gov.uk.
This role may be available as a development opportunity through secondment for the Council’s existing employees. The Council’s Secondment Scheme can be found here. If this option is of interest, please contact the recruiting manager.
Contract Duration
18 WEEKS from around 8.4
Grade
BEXLEY12
Contract Type
Fixed Term
Contract Hours
14.24
Salary
£15,052 - £17,290 per annum
Vacancy Location
South East, London, Bexley Civic Offices
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