Description
Communications Manager - 4 months - Hackney
Local authority is looking for a Communications Manager who will develop, implement and review a comprehensive communications and external relations service that informs residents, partners and stakeholders about services it commissions.
You will play a leading role alongside Council and stakeholder communications officers to ensure a joined up and effective approach to communications around all health and wellbeing services and aspirations.
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND WORKING KNOWLEDGE
- Significant experience of providing both strategic and operational communications in a corporate environment.
- Experience of leading communications projects or teams in a corporate environment.
- Experience of providing strategic and operational communications advice to senior officers.
- Experience of horizon scanning and strategic communications planning.
- Experience of researching, planning, delivering and evaluating integrated communications campaigns across a range of channels.
- Experience of reputation management and handling high profile media issues.
- Experience of producing a wide range of communications materials for different audiences.
- Experience of complex stakeholder and community engagement.
- Experience of overseeing and checking the work of others and ensuring high quality outputs.
- Experience of communicating with hard to reach and diverse audiences.
- Experience of working in a highly pressurised environment and delivering results to tight deadlines.
QUALIFICATIONS AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
- Educated to A level standard or above.
- Demeanour and attitude to inspire trust and confidence in senior managers and stakeholders.
- Ability to motivate and empower colleagues and stakeholders to support strong relationships, trust, good morale and teamwork.
- Ability to work flexibly in a team environment with tight deadlines and constantly changing workloads.
- Highly creative and focused on solutions.
- Ability to persuade and influence different people in different circumstances.
- Ability to make sound and timely decisions, take initiatives and initiate action. - Weighs up a situation and takes or recommends a course of action after considering the benefits as well as the problems.
SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
- Excellent oral, written and presentational skills.
- Strong editing and proof-reading skills.
- Ability to translate complex information into a clear and approachable format for a wide range of audiences.
- Understanding of the health service environment.
- Understanding of local and national government.
- Understanding of media relations.
- Understanding of social media and the ever changing digital environment, in the context of corporate communications and reputation management
- Understanding of community engagement and the needs of a diverse community.
CIRCUMSTANCES
- Flexibility to attend evening and weekend meetings and events relevant to the role's duties.
- Able to undertake any other duties commensurate with the grade and within the capabilities of the post holder that may arise
Spring Technology is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Spring Technology is an Equal Opportunities employer; we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.