Communications Officer – HALTED

We are currently recruiting for a Communications Officer in London.

Pay rate: PAYE £156.13 per day/UMB £202.44 per day.

Hours:  Full time (35hrs per week).

Contract duration: Temporary ongoing

Duties: 

• Proactively develop and manage the client’s reputation in a way which positively enhances public perception of the client’s brand and ensures that directorate and corporate successes are identified and celebrated.
• Build positive relationships with journalists, bloggers and others to plan stories, secure positive coverage and reduce reputational damage.
• Manage and be responsible for the client’s integrated communications work (including media, marketing and publications, strategic planning, internal communications, public affairs, consultation/engagement and campaigns) to ensure that it is positive, honest, timely, accurate and always represents the client’s best interest.
• Work with service managers and communication colleagues to secure positive coverage in the national, local, regional, BME and trade media.
• Maintain, in liaison with directorate managers, corporate communications standards across the authority, actively monitoring these and taking appropriate action as required, including drafting press releases.
• Devise and implement mechanisms for improving and delivering integrated communications between the client and its customers within the client’s corporate standards and framework.
• Support internal communications ensuring that corporate standards are met and all staff receive regular and appropriate communication about the client, the directorate and their service and have the chance to contribute their comments and ideas.
• Support the production of corporate publications by writing and editing copy.
• Advise directorates on the sequencing of using the web and intranet as appropriate to achieve directorate/service area objectives.

Qualifications & Experience: 

• Delivery of campaigns including a model of delivery, research and evaluation methods
• Media expert – Experience of creating and selling in stories, providing sound media advice and support including interview briefs
• Excellent writing skills and styles that can be varied for different platforms and audiences
• Experience of creating great storytelling content including film and photos
• Managing multiple social media channels to create a positive reputation and using metrics to reach the biggest audiences
• Monitoring media coverage, alerting services and producing reports and tactics to respond
• Delivering consultations and events
• Willingness to work outside of contracted hours in the evenings and weekends subject to notice.

Apply online or contact Terri O’Keefe on 07879 585551. You can also email terri@peelsolutions.co.uk  for more information on this role.