Job description
Salary: £33,143 - £36,363 a yearLocation: The Council House/Hybrid Working Hours: 37 hours a week Closing Date: 10 June 2026 Contract Type: Fixed Term until 31 August 2027 We’re looking for experienced communications professionals to join our ambitious Communications and Marketing team. This is a great opportunity for candidates with strong backgrounds in communications and PR, who are confident, diplomatic and enthusiastic. As one of our Communications Officers, you’ll be responsible for developing and delivering insight-based, creative promotional communication and marketing campaigns, that deliver against our business objectives. You will also work on the Council’s busy media desk, liaising and working closely with local and national press. Good PR skills, a strong news sense, and experience of writing news articles, press releases, statements and other media content is essential, as well as experience of working with and managing media relations. An interest, and experience, in filming and editing short form video is useful. You’ll also work across our internal communications channels to keep our colleagues up to date. We’re an extremely busy team, but we think our people are some of the best out there! The team is personable, professional, and innovative, and we want our new Communications Officers to mirror those qualities. As a unitary authority, Derby City Council is responsible for delivering the full range of council services to more than 274,000 residents, so you could be working across a wide range of campaigns or more focused on a particular service area. With Local Government Reorganisation on the horizon, one role would suit someone who’ll relish the challenge of working with our neighbouring councils to explain what it all means. Another role will be focused on bringing together communications for our children and families services in line with the Families First programme. If you’re customer-focused with a creative outlook, possess a wide range of skills and experience across communications and marketing with plenty of initiative and enthusiasm, we’d be excited to meet you and welcome you to the team. The roles may include very occasional weekend and evening working. Who We Are Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. What We Offer You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you’ll also receive: • Flexible work/life balance scheme (depending on your role) • Modern office environment (depending on your job location) • Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations • 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays (depending on contract) • Local Government Pension Scheme (depending on contract) • Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts • Tusker Car Benefit Scheme • Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training • Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Calendar and Support • Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network and Neurodiversity Network • Support for colleagues who are carers Next Steps If you would like to apply for this vacancy via an