Communications (Marketing) Officer.4088
Job Summary
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
14/02/2022
Advert End Date:
Closed for applications on 06/03/2022 23:59
Salary:
£28,672 to £32,234
Job Category:
Marketing / Media / Communications
Employment Location:
County Hall
Further Information
Communications (Marketing) Officer – Band 7
Northumberland Council Council is looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated marketing communications professional for a key role in its award-winning Communications team working with the Communities and Culture directorates (including Libraries, Archives and Tourism).
If you care about people, want to get involved, and feel excited about making our communities the best places for people to live, work and thrive, this is the role for you.
The successful candidate will have first class writing skills, be creative, and have a significant understanding of marketing communications and engagement principles, stakeholder management and delivering effective, measurable campaigns.
The team is primarily based in our main office at Morpeth County Hall
Key Responsibilities:
· Producing press materials
· Content generation for features and news
· Manage marketing plans across different channels
· Monitor effectiveness and provide recommendations
· Generate ideas and implement new marketing initiatives
About you:
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the confidence to liaise with a variety of stakeholders, both internally and externally
· The ability to write, edit and proof copy, work to tight deadlines
· Be familiar with digital marketing including social media, using website content management systems and e-communications
· Sell in stories to target media
· Strong organisation skills, with a proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
· Good time management skills, with natural ability to prioritise and manage workload
What does the day to day look like? The council is a large organisation and because of this you can be working on a number of very different projects at the same time. From campaigns linked to resident wellbeing, relationship development with stakeholders, councillor briefings, branding community hubs, building websites, interviewing, and filming staff and residents for social channels, arts projects for libraries, through to handling media and writing marketing plans, the day to day is never dull! What is the best part of the job? The people. We’ve got a great in-house Communications team, supporting the work of staff across the organisation and engaging with residents and local communities.
For further information please see the job description and person specification attached here
Why choose us?
We have some outstanding benefits, including:
- A starting salary of £28,672 (rising to £32,234) - Band 7
· 25 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays (rising to 30 after 5 years of service) (pro-rata for part-time employees) · Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
· Flexi scheme
· Local government discount schemes available to all employees with offers at local businesses along with various national brands
· A commitment to work-life balance offering flexibility through various schemes including job sharing, home working, flexible working, part-year working, and compressed hours
· Car Leasing Scheme
What are Northumberland County Council’s values:
Our Plan is to focus on:
· Living - we want residents to feel safe, healthy and cared for
· Enjoying - we want residents to love where they live
· Connecting - we want residents to have access to the things they need
· Learning - we want residents to achieve and realise their potential
· Thriving - we want to attract more and better jobs
Please visit: https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/About/Working-for-Northumberland-County-Council.aspx for more information regarding our benefits.
Please note the closing date for this post is midnight on 6th March 2022.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. If you wish to notify us of your eligibility for this scheme please email hrrecruitment@northumberland.gov.uk with your name and the job title you have applied for and one of the recruitment team will ensure this is factored in the shortlisting process and kept anonymous. If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to attend an interview please also let the team know.
Please note
This job is closed for applications.