What's involved with this role:
Interim Communications Manager - Fostering & Adoption
Job Ref: CCC (HQ) 19662
Pay Rate: £22.27 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 6 months
City: HUNTINGDON
Hybrid working – Flexible working pattern but 1- 2 days in the office
Work collaboratively across CCC and PCC) supporting the relevant business partner to ensure delivery of a broad range of strategic objectives and outcomes. Specifically the post holder will work as part of a team to manage a coordinated multi-skilled corporate service dedicated to a specific area of the business.
Key Responsibilities
Support the Communications Business Partner to deliver appropriate communications, web and marketing strategies and annual action plans in a key area of the council’s business in accordance with our statutory responsibilities aimed at improving and enhancing the reputation of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
This could include coordinating and research for internal or external stakeholder engagement, drafting web and digital strategy and systems, developing market or social media campaigns to deliver on council targets, consultation and surveys and organising or facilitating direct engagement with communities through social media, exhibitions, public events and liaison with local groups.
Manage the provision of proactive and reactive responses to all aspects of media –including social media - in a timely way ensuring that the Council's reputation and integrity is maintained.
Maintain effective relationships with, provide advice and support as appropriate, for heads of service/Members on communication and marketing including supporting the provision or commission of any necessary training.
Represent the County or City Council as lead Communications officer at appropriate external meetings with partners and key stakeholders for teams within the wider service.
Ensure effective use of communications, web, digital and marketing tools and approaches to proactively shape and manage internal and external customer expectations in line with the changes in service delivery.
Use customer and employee insight to drive innovation and to ensure that all appropriate channels are used to reach and engage with different target audiences.
Define and establish a set of tools to encourage two-way engagement with the Council to ensure that citizens and our staff across both councils have an active voice in decision making.
Provide management and effective leadership for Senior Communications Officers or Communications and Content Advisors. Deputising for Business Partner as required.
Form part of an effective communications in emergency situations including being part of a 24 hour on call communications service
Establish and monitor key performance indicators for the departmental and specific campaigns where you have primary responsibility, and provide reports on effectiveness and ROI to key stakeholders.
Qualifications:
Degree or equivalent
Evidence of successful completion of regular CPD to update and improve skills from a recognised organisation
Knowledge:
Detailed knowledge of a wide range of communications, marketing and engagement tools and media
A thorough understanding of the environment in which local government operates
Experience:
Proven experience of managing and supporting high performing teams.
Experience of working in a politically sensitive environment
Experience of developing and delivering communications and marketing strategies to support and deliver against strategic objectives within a complex organisation.
Experience in using a range of communications and marketing technology/ software.
Successful management of budgets and evidence of proactive identification and implementation of efficiencies and savings.
Skills & Abilities:
High level of written and verbal communication skills
Effective interpersonal skills in groups, teams and one-to-one situations.
Financial management and budgetary control skills.
Strong management skills and expertise in the use of management information systems to specify and monitor performance.
Ability to influence others, set and review priorities, make decisions and take responsibility.
Ability to think strategically across organisational, functional and unit boundaries
Ability to lead by example through demonstrating motivation, commitment, perseverance and conscientiousness.
Ability to persuade and negotiate at appropriate levels and across different agencies, services and groups.
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.
Please feel free to apply to us direct 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: CCC (HQ) 19662
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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