Your Role
This is an exciting 12-month opportunity within an award-winning Communications and Engagement team at the leading edge of local government.
With a focus on accessibility, content, and front-end system website administration, you will work across a broad range of channels and services, including websites, the intranet, and social media platforms.
You will help us tell the story of Greater Manchester and the work being done across a range of priority areas for our city region, including the work of our fire and rescue service.
Join us to be part of a high-performing, forward-thinking team dedicated to making a positive impact for our city-region.
This is a 12-month post covering maternity leave for this period: 14 April 2024-13 April 2026.
Key Responsibilities
* Support and maintain our range of digital tools, sites and platforms.
* Update content, design sitemaps, improve user journeys.
* Create high-quality, accessible website and intranet content using content management systems (including Umbraco and SharePoint Online), HTML, graphic design tools, and other relevant software.
* Ensure our websites and digital platforms comply with relevant legislation and best practice, for example around accessibility and data protection.
* Support a community of content authors/platform users, assigning/removing permissions as needed, providing training and guidance, reviewing/approving their content through workflows, and assisting with more complex asks.
* Measure, evaluate and report on the effectiveness of our digital communications.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
* Experience in website and intranet administration and using website content management systems, including Umbraco and SharePoint Online.
* Experience of writing and creating engaging digital communications content for a range of audiences, e.g. web content, graphics and e-newsletters.
* Experience in using digital analytics tools such as Google Analytics, Data Studio and Search Console to evaluate digital platforms and channels and drive improvements.
* Experience in checking digital content and documents for accessibility compliance against WCAG standards and requirements.
* Highly proficient ICT/personal computer skills, with a basic knowledge of HTML/CSS.
* Excellent communication skills, both orally and in writing, including grammar and spelling, with attention to detail.
* An aptitude for the creative and the technical to help us deliver high quality digital content across our websites, social and other online activity.
* An ability to quickly grasp complex information and convert into content that is engaging and easy to understand.
About Us
As an employer, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is made up of a number of key Greater Manchester strategic functions and service providers including; Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS); Waste and Resources; Environment; Work and Skills; Research; Public Sector Reform; Police, Crime and Criminal Justice; Homelessness; the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub and the Commissioning Hub.
We value the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across Greater Manchester. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, Trans status and Non-binary identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
Find out more about us on the GMCA website.
Our Offer
In return for your hard work, we offer our employees a competitive package as part of our offer that you can find out more about on the GMCA GreaterJobs webpages.
Greater Manchester Combined Authority - Home | greater.jobs
Mandatory Information
We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. However, we value human talent and are looking for passionate individuals to join our organisation. Please ensure you personally complete your application and read all the instructions carefully to maximise your chances of success.
Applications that rely too heavily on AI may be rejected during shortlisting, however we understand that AI may be used as a reasonable adjustment, if using AI to support your application, please give a brief explanation why to help ensure fair selection process.
Privacy Notice
Employees on the redeployment register will be given priority for any vacancies in the first instance. If employees are identified as a match from the register then the vacancy may be withdrawn or put on hold pending an outcome.
For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licenced sponsor.
Hybrid Working
This role is part of GMCA’s hybrid working scheme. As part of our commitment to ‘Build Back Fairer’ in Greater Manchester following the Covid-19 pandemic, we have evolved our management methods by trusting and empowering staff to deliver their work in the best way that suits the business and their individual needs, and supports health and wellbeing. Our hybrid working policy sets out a flexible approach, combining attendance at our [Manchester city centre office / Fire and Rescue service HQ in Swinton / other location] with remote working, typically from home; the location of work is primarily dictated by the needs of the business: ‘Do what is right for you and the business on that day’. If appointed to the role you will work with your manager to agree and regularly review the best working pattern for you, your team and your work.
#J-18808-Ljbffr