Corporate Communications Officer - Glasgow, United Kingdom - Social Security Scotland

Social Security Scotland
Social Security Scotland
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Glasgow, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Salary:

- £32,140 - £34,861
Job grade:


  • Executive Officer
  • B1
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
    Type of role:
  • Other
    Working pattern:
  • Fulltime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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About the job


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Location

  • Dundee, GlasgowAbout the job

Job summary:


  • This is an exciting opportunity to join the busy, friendly Communications and Marketing team at Social Security Scotland, an Executive Agency of the Scottish Government. This role is part of the Corporate Communications Team.
  • Social Security Scotland delivers benefits for people across Scotland on low incomes, disabled people, carers, young people entering the workplace and to help people heat their homes.
  • This is an excellent opportunity for someone who would like to develop their career in communications. The role will include corporate communications, copywriting, and website coordination. This role is central to supporting the organisation of the whole communications team. We offer professional development and great career prospects.

Job description:


  • Manage and issue daily media digest, communication updates for operational colleagues and issue communications updates to colleagues and senior stakeholders on the Executive Advisory Board.
  • Source, write, edit and manage highquality website content including timely publication of stats, articles and associated content.
  • Coordination of website update and migration to new platform.
  • Write website content, review existing content on a regular basis.
  • Act as editor and write highquality content for a range of Social Security Scotland channels including a regular Stakeholder Newsletter.
  • Use media monitoring to drive insight and evaluation reports.
  • Work collaboratively with stakeholders and partners to deliver creative ways of communicating our key messages to our target audiences to help promote benefit takeup.
  • Share key content which promotes our brand values of dignity, fairness and respect.
  • Liaise with media to generate interest in media announcements and to respond to reactive enquiries.
  • Contribute to quarterly communications plans and activity grid.
  • Contribute to social media content.
  • Deliver highquality communications outputs across a range of channels.

Person specification:


  • Experience of working in communications, with good skills in using a range of communications channels, including digital, to tailor content for target audiences.
  • Professional writing and editing skills with a keen news sense. The ability to prioritise under pressure and to deliver copy in plain English to tight deadlines.
  • Good communications skills combined with the confidence to manage and influence people at all levels to achieve business objectives.

Benefits:


  • Annual Leave
  • You will receive 25 days annual leave on joining us. This will increase to 30 days after four full years of service. You will also have 11.5 public and privilege days of leave every year. We also offer Flexitime. Any extra hours you've worked can be taken as leave when suitable.
  • Healthy work life balance
  • We can offer the possibility of fulltime, parttime, termtime, and job shares. We also encourage flexible working.


  • Discounts

  • You can enjoy a vast range of retail, travel and lifestyle discounts through our benefit scheme.
  • Personal support for you
  • Our Employee Assistance Programme gives you confidential, independent information and guidance 24/
  • Volunteering special leave
  • Up to six days paid special leave a year for volunteering. We support our staff to help causes important to them.


  • Great locations

  • Our bright and modern offices in the heart of Dundee and Glasgow have been designed with staff in mind. Both locations are ideal for public transport.
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Selection process details:

Sift & Interview dates are to be confirmed

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment


Security:


  • People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks

Nationality requirements:

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)

  • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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Working for the Civil Service:

  • The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
  • We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open compet
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