Communications Officer
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Ashington/Hybrid
Salary: £33,786 per annum
Hours: 37 per week, Monday to Friday
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 12-Noon on Friday 15th May 2026
If youre a communications professional who thrives on engaging and connecting colleagues, wed love to hear from you.
Role Benefits :
28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
Working from home up to two days per week
Health cash plan membershipso you can save money by claiming cash back over £1000 each year - towards essential healthcare such asdental, optical, physio and loads more. Well also cover the costs of including any dependent children in the scheme up to the age of 21 or 24 if in full time education that you may have.
Access to savings on gym memberships plus cash back and discounts on purchases from major retailers including supermarkets, travel, cinema and more.
Generous pension schemewith life insurance of 3 x salary
About the Communications Officer Role:
This role will involve:
Youll help keep colleagues across the organisation informed, engaged and connected to whats going on. Youll create clear, engaging content; look after our internal channels, provide corporate events support and work with teams across the business to bring The Bernicia Effect, Supporting Opportunity Corporate Strategy 2026-2031 to life. This is a brilliant opportunity to make a real difference in a purpose-driven organisation.
Your Experience:
Successful candidates will need:
Essential :
Educated to degree level or equivalent work experience
Hold a communications related qualification
Evidence of continuing professional development in communications
Demonstrable experience working in a communications role
Proven ability in content creation and managing multiple channels
Confident using content management systems, analytics tools and digital marketing methods
Good all-round writing ability and be able to identify and use the most appropriate and effective ways of communicating to diverse internal audiences
People person, able to establish rapport and build strong working relationships
Teamworking, making a positive contribution to help teams meet goals
Ability to advise and influence people on communications.
Desirable :
Experience of working in the housing sector
Experience of delivering internal communications/colleague engagement activities
About us
Were all about helping people in need of housing. We believe a good home makes lots of other things possible, so we provide great homes and services that do just that.
Weve built Bernicia to be a business that people want to be a part of. Were one of the North Easts largest and most successful housing providers; building, renting, selling and managing homes as well as providing services to over 60,000 customers.
We operate within a set of simple, but effective values, which blend perfectly to create our unique Bernicia Way culture. This ensures we are customer focused, through working together, respecting each other, being accountable for our actions and demonstrating integrity and leadership.
You will be required to hold a current and valid driving licence.
Interviews will be taking place week commencing 25th May 2026
For more information regarding this role, please contact:
We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than advertised, should we receive a large volume of applications.
______________________________________________________________ The Group is fully committed to the promotion of equal opportunities and we particularly welcome applicants from groups who are currently under represented at Bernicia.
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