Hertfordshire (On-Site)
Permanent, Job share
No DBS check required
£41,511 progressing to £45,718 pro rata p/a
Job Title: Senior Communications Officer
Starting Salary: £41,511 progressing to £45,718 pro rata p/a
Hours: Job Share 18.5 hours (to 22 hours max) Ideally Wednesday to Friday
Location: Stevenage / Hybrid - some occasional travel around the county may be needed .
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Resources
About the team
Are you a brilliant communications professional looking for an exciting and rewarding part-time role with flexibility at the heart of an award-winning team?
We have a rare opportunity to join Hertfordshire County Council's communications team as Senior Communications Officer, working in a job-share on a part-time basis.
You'll be joining us at an important time, helping the council effectively communicate its vision for the future of Hertfordshire, with our residents, people who use our services and our local and national partners.
Joining a team of around 20 staff who use a range of traditional, social, and digital communications methods to develop, create and deliver a range of high quality and engaging internal and external communications activity for Hertfordshire's 1.2million residents and over 8,000 staff.
About the role
As the Senior Communications Officer, you will be part of the Internal Communications and Corporate Campaigns team. This role is a great opportunity for a passionate communicator looking to take the next step in their career. You will be working to support a high-profile and expanding area, which touches the lives of all Hertfordshire residents. You'll need to be a creative thinker and excellent project manager with the ability to process highly complex ideas and concepts quickly, turning them into consistent messages that resonate with colleague.
You will support with delivering the internal comms and engagement strategy to our approx. 8,000 colleagues. Drafting the Chief Executive's monthly blog and working on internal comms campaigns to bring out RISE values to life.
You will be required to work well with people from across the organisation and stakeholders at every level, so developing strong relationships will be key. The nature of the role requires someone with strong news sense, the ability to tailor communications activity for different audiences and who can effectively juggle competing priorities.
About you
Essential:
This job role is within Corporate Services, level 11 job profile. Please locate this via:
Job profiles - Corporate services
To hear more about this opportunity please contact katie.woodcock@hertfordshire.gov.uk or lisa.walters@hertfordshire.gov.uk Senior Communications Managers (job share) for an informal discussion about the role.
Interview Date: TBC
Benefits of working for us
How to apply
As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.
Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.
Starting Salary: £41,511 progressing to £45,718 pro rata p/a
Hours: Job Share 18.5 hours (to 22 hours max) Ideally Wednesday to Friday
Location: Stevenage / Hybrid - some occasional travel around the county may be needed .
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Resources
About the team
Are you a brilliant communications professional looking for an exciting and rewarding part-time role with flexibility at the heart of an award-winning team?
We have a rare opportunity to join Hertfordshire County Council's communications team as Senior Communications Officer, working in a job-share on a part-time basis.
You'll be joining us at an important time, helping the council effectively communicate its vision for the future of Hertfordshire, with our residents, people who use our services and our local and national partners.
Joining a team of around 20 staff who use a range of traditional, social, and digital communications methods to develop, create and deliver a range of high quality and engaging internal and external communications activity for Hertfordshire's 1.2million residents and over 8,000 staff.
About the role
As the Senior Communications Officer, you will be part of the Internal Communications and Corporate Campaigns team. This role is a great opportunity for a passionate communicator looking to take the next step in their career. You will be working to support a high-profile and expanding area, which touches the lives of all Hertfordshire residents. You'll need to be a creative thinker and excellent project manager with the ability to process highly complex ideas and concepts quickly, turning them into consistent messages that resonate with colleague.
You will support with delivering the internal comms and engagement strategy to our approx. 8,000 colleagues. Drafting the Chief Executive's monthly blog and working on internal comms campaigns to bring out RISE values to life.
You will be required to work well with people from across the organisation and stakeholders at every level, so developing strong relationships will be key. The nature of the role requires someone with strong news sense, the ability to tailor communications activity for different audiences and who can effectively juggle competing priorities.
About you
Essential:
- Experience in internal communications, marketing, or corporate communications.
- Proven track record of planning, delivering and evaluating integrated communication campaigns (internal and external audiences).
- Energetic, driven and experience in working as part of a team.
- Experience of developing excellent internal and external stakeholder relationships to deliver communication activities.
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
- Copywriting - fantastic writing, editing and proofreading skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, content management systems, and social media platforms.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills.
- Developing brand strategy and guidelines
- Event management
- Public sector experience
This job role is within Corporate Services, level 11 job profile. Please locate this via:
Job profiles - Corporate services
To hear more about this opportunity please contact katie.woodcock@hertfordshire.gov.uk or lisa.walters@hertfordshire.gov.uk Senior Communications Managers (job share) for an informal discussion about the role.
Interview Date: TBC
Benefits of working for us
How to apply
As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.
Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.
Closing date: Thu 13/02/2025 at 00:00
Job reference: HCC26950