External Communications Officer - Maidstone, United Kingdom - Page Personnel Finance

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Verified Company
Maidstone, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Description

You will play a vital role within the communications team, helping to provide a high quality, professional and responsive external communications function that supports activity to raise and protect the reputation of the business.


Client Details


My client is within the public sector seeking an experienced external communications officer to join their busy team on an initial fixed term contract to cover maternity leave.


Description

The key responsibilities would include:


  • To help manage and support external communications campaigns and activities that are aligned to the organisation's mission, priorities and values
  • To provide external communications support to colleagues and stakeholders
  • To build effective relationships across the organisation to help gather and identify information for external communications
  • To build effective relationships with external stakeholders to deliver plans and secure buy in
  • To engage with the media proactively and reactively
  • To support on external engagement activities, including events, consultations and awards
  • To write, produce and distribute external communications including newsletters, news stories, notices for bulletins and videos, social media posts, award submissions
  • To raise and support the profile, vision and priorities of the company to its external steak holders
  • To support recruitment marketing and communications activities

Profile

  • Experience supporting the delivery of external communications strategies and campaigns, ensuring strategies use data, insight and lessons learnt to inform approaches.
  • Experience of working with the media proactively and reactively and monitoring coverage against objectives
  • Experience of working up ideas for stories and case studies to secure proactive media coverage
  • Degree or other equivalent qualification e.g. in PR or journalism
  • Experience of using a full suite of communications tools and best practice to reach a broad range of audiences, including traditional and social media, marketing and digital.

Job Offer
A competitive salary as well hybrid working with one day in the office
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