Do you have a genuine passion for communications? Do you want to step out of your comfort zone and be at the heart of a fast-paced team responsible for keeping our residents and staff up to date with all the latest information? Then we could have just the role for you! We’re on the lookout for a motivated and confident Internal Communications Officer to work closely with the Senior Communications Officer and the wider team to further boost the success of our internal communications and corporate communication functions. Our staff are the representatives for all the services and interactions we have with local communities, and you will play a crucial part in ensuring our people feel connected and engaged through storytelling and culture change projects. It’s an exciting time to join the team at Gedling Borough with lots of exciting transformation happening across the Council and great opportunities to get creative, shape the narrative and make a real difference to the lives of our residents and teams. If you’re a highly organised, dynamic, people person who’s looking for the next step up with either previous agency or in-house experience please get in touch today! Key Responsibilities: • To develop the Internal Communications Delivery Plan, working closely with the Assistant Director for Workforce, the Senior Leadership Team and with communications colleagues to ensure employee voices are heard, employees understand and feel engaged in change, and to disseminate key messages in a timely manner. • To support development and delivery of modern, proactive and creative multi-channel communications strategies to achieve corporate objectives and priorities, and to lead development of specific campaigns end-to-end working with colleagues such as HR/OD, Democratic Services and other services. • Work with the Senior Communications Officer to develop and deliver an effective internal communications strategy that embeds values and behaviours and achieves agreed objectives • To use staff and customer insight to shape effective messaging and activity, and use evaluation techniques to monitor success of activity and return on investment on all spend, undertaking ongoing monitoring, evaluation and producing reports as required. • To deliver internal and external communications products, undertaking planning, research, copywriting and production of internal and external e-newsletters, intranet content, video content, photography and offline communications products as required, maintaining a high standard of quality and accuracy • To support and where appropriate lead event management including planning, project management, internal and external stakeholder liaison, organisation and all elements of delivery including administrative tasks, budget, data management and in-person presence and involvement at events • To work effectively with Communications service colleagues to commission, co-develop and create high quality communications content and products Key Requirements: • Experience of delivering internal communications content, products and campaigns in-house for a large, complex organisation in the public sector and/or private sector. • Ability to deliver a range of core communications activities including copywriting, video content, events. • Skilled at implementing key digital / online communications products such as e-newsletter software and databases. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and therefore expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. About Us: We want Gedling to have vibrant, safe neighbourhoods where people are proud to live with opportunities for healthier, more fulfilled lives; and a sustainable, thriving economy. As we look to the future, the challenges may be significant, but so are the opportunities. Our vision is Serving People; Improving Lives and it is our ambition to be regarded as an excellent council by the people and businesses we serve and the staff we employ, by making a positive difference to people’s lives and creating opportunities for everyone to achieve their full potential. We’re looking for candidates who will support us to achieve our ambitions. In return, we offer a supportive and flexible working environment, with offices set in an attractive parkland location, excellent public transport links and free on-site parking. We actively support flexible working and are happy to discuss arrangements that help you balance work and life. Our benefits include: • Generous annual leave entitlement • A comprehensive local government pension scheme • Employee Assistance Programme offering confidential support, financial and legal advice • Access to retail discounts • Significantly reduced gym membership at Gedling Leisure Centres For full details of the role and requirements, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification in the Supporting Documentation section on our website.