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The Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled Chief Communications Officer in one of the most interesting, varied and fast-paced Whitehall departments.
We’re looking for an experienced, driven and creative Chief Communications Officer to join our small, friendly integrated team where you’ll get the chance to build your skills across all areas of DCMS work.
We work closely with Ministers, private offices, policy teams and special advisors to identify proactive media opportunities for Ministers and to promote the department’s work, plan media events and manage reactive media enquiries. We also work with our sectors to ensure we provide stakeholder and third-party support for specific announcements.
This is a hugely rewarding role which will provide a fascinating challenge for the right candidate.
Person specification
The ideal candidate will have the following key skills and experience:
* A strong background in media and news handling with sustained experience of leading teams in a busy press office.
* A proven track record of delivering creative and targeted media and PR strategies that use a range of different channels in a fragmented media landscape.
* Experience of advising senior people on all aspects of communications and media handling.
* Proven experience of delivering against organisational priorities and managing change.
* A good network of journalists and media contacts to draw upon.
* Experience in effective line and/or team management.
* Evidence of creating partnerships with external organisations to deliver communications goals.
We are running an information session where prospective applicants can find out more about the role. This will be hosted by Paul Gough, and will take place on:
* 13 August 15:00 - 15:30
The session will be an opportunity to hear more about the role, the team and wider directorate and the department. It will also be an opportunity for you to ask any questions.
Please register your interest by filling out this Registration form by 17:00 on 11th August and you will be sent an invitation.
Please note that the session will not focus on the DCMS recruitment process - please direct any queries that you have on this topic (timelines, reasonable adjustments, onboarding etc) to recruitment.team@dcms.gov.uk
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