Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work location: County Hall, Glenfield, LE3 8RA
Worker category: Hybrid role - with two-to-three days in the office
Salary: £29,784 - £32,004 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Working hours: 37 hours
Contract type: Fixed term for one year
Closing date: 24 April, 2024
Enjoy telling people's stories and understand the media?
Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can make a difference?
About the role
With 700,000 residents and a range of priorities from recruiting foster carers to fixing our roads, no two days are the same.
We’re looking for a media and communications professional to plan, deliver and evaluate communications, majoring on media relations. Able to create compelling content, you'll have press office or media experience, an eye for a story and a grasp of print, broadcast, digital and social media.
You will:
• Tell the council’s story through proactive media relations – and help run a traditional press desk, managing journalists’ queries and helping to manage the council’s reputation
• Deliver social and commercial marketing campaigns
• Engage stakeholders, staff and managers
• Plan creative design for print, digital, social and video
This post is politically restricted therefore the post holder is disqualified from undertaking certain political activities under the Local Government Officers (Political Restrictions) Regulations 1990.
About you
To apply for this post, you must:
1. Be educated to level 4 or relevant experience
2. Have worked in a press office or media, environment, with print and/or broadcast media
3. Be experienced in spotting reputational risk
4. Understand the role of communications in a big organisation
5. Be able to produce content for different audiences
6. Be able to build strong relationships
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we also expect you to share and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in flexible working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role,