Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, is currently looking to recruit a Communications Officer (Social Media & Events) until the end of March 2026 on a rate of £17.23- £21.47/hour PAYE – working 37 hours per week.
Responsibilities:
- Providing project management support. Planning and organising a variety of tasks, including the involvement in multiple projects and programmes of work.
- Ensuring project management processes are adopted and, where appropriate, proposing changes in working practices.
- Supervising the planning and organising of events such as online webinars, clinical skills training courses, teaching programmes, workshops and/or public events.
- Social media management, digital content development and data entry analysis.
- Coordinating and contributing to the production of risk registers, operational plans, reports, communications, minutes, course evaluations, promotional materials and statistics.
Essential Skills:
- Experience of working both independently and as part of a team, whilst balancing a range of competing priorities
- Experience of facilitating team meetings, webinars, events and/or conferences online
- Experience communicating complex, confidential and often sensitive information with a range of staff across the organisation and with external stakeholders (both verbally and in writing)
- Ability to work with minimal supervision; to plan and prioritise own workloads, and that of your team; and to meet deadlines
- Flexible approach to learning and problem solving
- Commitment to own personal and professional development, and that of your team
- Highly developed customer service skills, with a helpful, flexible attitude
- Understanding of the need for accuracy and attention to detail
- Confident communicator with the ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels
- Ability to respond to confidential and sensitive situations with confidence and discretion, utilising tact, diplomacy, and persuasion skills when necessary
- Line management skills and experience including coaching and/or mentoring of team members
- Proven expertise in using Microsoft 365, in particular Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint
- Fast and accurate keyboard skills
- Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post
- Values driven approach to practice, aligned with core values.
Desirable Skills:
- HND/Advanced Diploma level qualification with in- depth experience or SCQF Level 8 equivalence obtained via Professional Development Awards; Technical Apprenticeships; and SVQs
- Experience of social media management, digital content development and data entry analysis.
- Experience of supporting online events and webinars which meet all required accessibility
- Experience of working within project management environments, planning and organising a variety of tasks, including involvement in multiple projects and programmes of work
- Experience of working flexibly in complex/sensitive environments where the parameters of the job are not necessarily clearly defined
- Ability to proactively manage and action a broad range of complex enquiries; including delegation/ allocation of work and ensuring follow up action is taken
- Ability to collate and produce reports and statistical information
- Sound understanding of the application of GDPR to the storage and use of participant information and data privacy
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.