Communications Executive - Glasgow, United Kingdom - Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office

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Glasgow, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Salary:

- £32,640 - £36,510
Job grade:

Higher Executive Officer
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
CO
Government Commercial Function
The Strategy, Assurance & Standards Team is part of the Government Commercial Function (GCF).

The GCF is a cross government network of around 4,000 Civil Servants with commercial expertise, procuring goods and services for the government and developing th
Type of role:

Communications / Marketing
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
Number of jobs available:
2Contents

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Location

Cardiff, Glasgow, YorkAbout the job

Job summary:

Our team

The Strategy & Communications, Standards & Oversight team is a diverse group of multi-disciplined individuals bound by an ambition to deliver outstanding public services in partnership with the private and 3rd sectors.

Our team is accountable for delivering four objectives:

Set and deliver the Strategy for the Government Commercial Function;
Develop and deliver the Function's Communications & Engagement Plan across the public sector commercial community;
Set and benchmark organisations against GovS 008: The Commercial Standard; and
Set up and operate the Procurement Review Unit, in addition to delivering the existing Public Procurement Review Service.

We are also responsible for the day-to-day management of the Strategy, Assurance & Standards Team, which includes the team delivering the Commercial Control.

About the roles
The Communications Executives play a critical part in developing, delivering and evaluating the GCF's Communications and Engagement Strategy. This includes virtual and in-person events, editorial content, videos and online engagement platforms.

We are seeking creative and outgoing communications professionals with a passion for engagement to deliver high quality communications products to our audience of 12,000+ commercial professionals across the public sector.

Job description:

Both posts:
Planning & evaluation

Lead on the regular collection, analysis and internal publication of evaluation data for all of our communications products. Recommend changes to our approach to improve our outcomes.
Work collaboratively as a member of the GCF Communications & Engagement Team to produce and deliver a 1218 month communication plan, ensuring a balanced calendar of events, webinars and written content is delivered throughout the year.
Support the delivery of regular engagement meetings by producing minutes and actions.
Give support to other members of the team delivering specific campaigns.
Help lead the planning and delivery of the annual GCF Conference and other key events

Post 1:
Manage the delivery of our regular communication products

Working with the GCF Communications & Engagement Team and stakeholders across the GCF to identify stories and articles which should be shared with the community.
Plan content for monthly products to align with other campaigns being delivered in the team.
Collate, edit and secure approval to publish regular products on time.
Continuously improve the format and content of our regular products based on analytics and qualitative feedback.

Post 2:
Support the development of our online content and commercial community.

Publish content regularly across our networks, and promote network membership.
Support the production of online events led by our key networks.
Support continuous improvement of the GCF networking platform to ensure content is relevant, up to date and engaging.
Manage all aspects of the GCF's social media channels.
Oversee our GOV.UK publications and content to make sure it is relevant and well organised.

Person specification:

Essential criteria:

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to relate to people at all levels.
Exceptional proofreading skills.
Strong copy writing skills and the ability to deliver compelling and engaging communications to a variety of different audiences.
Highly organised with the ability to prioritise competing tasks according to the overall goals of the team.
Experience in writing content for publication across a wide audience and set of platforms.

Highly desirable criteria:

Experience working within an internal communications environment.
Working knowledge of creative design products to include Adobe Creative Suite apps Premier Pro, Photoshop and InDesign.
Experience of event management.

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We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: