Communications and Content Officer - London, United Kingdom - Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Salary:

- £31,884 - £39,587

National: £31,884 £36,024 London: £35,038 £39,587
Job grade:
Higher Executive Officer

Senior Executive Officer

Grade B
Contract type:
Fixed Term
Loan
Secondment
Length of employment:
2 Years
Business area:
DCMS
Digital Infrastructure
Type of role:
Communications / Marketing
Planning
Project Delivery
Strategy
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
Number of jobs available:
1Contents

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Belfast, Darlington, London, Loughborough, ManchesterAbout the job

Job summary:

The Communications and Content Officer role sits within the Future Network Programmes (FNP) team in the Digital Infrastructure Directorate.

Within the Business Operations team, you will have a crucial role in helping the FNP programme deliver on its objectives.

You will be responsible for taking a lead on ensuring the Programme engages with key partners and effectively communicates the value of the exciting projects we're undertaking to Industry and the public.

Job description:

Working under the FNP Engagement Lead, some of the responsibilities you'll be expected to take on will be to:

Support on the Programme's event engagement strategy and process

- actively pursuing opportunities for the projects and programme representatives to speak and attend telecoms industry events and vertical events.

Lead on keeping the presentation pack updated and creating engaging content for Programme speakers including speeches and briefings for Ministers
Managing the upcoming engagement grid for the Programme engagements, events and project announcements and activity.
Organising Ministerial visits to projects.
Leading on comms calls with the projects and feeding back opportunities, updating the forward look grid and being their point of contact for their project comms work.
Create engaging content for digital media.
Help ensure communications from the Programme remain 'on brand' and work closely with the press and private offices to augment comms efforts
Ensuring a steady and consistent flow of engaging citizen focused content and that blends emotive storytelling with relevant news and calls to action.
Evaluation gathering and development for communications assets.

Person specification:

Essential requirements:

Strong literacy skills and the ability to translate technical detailed information into clear and concise communications materials.
The ability to work well under pressure and to meet tight deadlines;
Proven ability to establish relationships with a range of stakeholders to support delivery of Programme objectives;
Excellent organisational skills with high attention to detail;
Sound judgement to inform good decisions, and the ability to quickly get up to speed with a broad range of work areas;
A collaborative approach to working with others and strong interpersonal skills;

Desirable skills:

Experience of operating in a fastpaced environment, rigorous prioritisation and managing a varied portfolio;
Experience of persuading and influencing senior managers and stakeholders to achieve Programme outcomes.
Experience of/desire to learn how to create digital marketing content.

Behaviours:

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

Communicating and Influencing
Changing and Improving
Delivering at Pace
Working Together

Technical skills:

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

Literacy skills test

Benefits:

DCMS values its staff and offers a wide range of benefits to everyone who works here. We're committed to developing talent, and supporting colleagues to have great careers in our department.

To support with that, some of the benefits we offer include:

Flexible working arrangements and hybrid working
DCMS

staff work on a flexible basis with time spent in offices, and time spent working from home.

26.5 days annual leave on entry, increasing to 31.5 days after 5 years' service.
A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
3 days of paid volunteering leave.
Up to 9 months maternity leave on full pay + generous paternity and adoption leave.
Staff reward and recognition bonuses that operate throughout the year.
Occupational sick pay.
Active and engaged staff networks to join including the LGBT+, Ethnic Diversity, Mental Health and Wellbeing and Gender Equality Networks.
Exceptional learning and development opportunities that you can explore alongside your day to day work.
Season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme and much more

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