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Communications and Campaigns Officer – up to six months

Due to a successful internal promotion we need a new communications and campaigns officer to backfill a role for up to six months. This role might be suitable for a secondment.

Can you help us tell the best stories from across the council? These will be the tales that make our hearts melt, or sing with pride, but also the ones that show the hard graft we put in and excellent results we get out as we do our best for Islington every day.

You’ll provide advice on communications to executive leads, senior officers and service leads on allocated portfolio areas. Using data driven, targeted and culturally competent principles you’ll advise on how to promote work through campaigns and how best to involve residents in decision-making.

You’ll be line managed by a Strategic Campaigns Advisor but will also hold your own portfolio. You’ll contribute to and run major council campaigns and deliver integrated forward plans ensuring work and projects are presented to residents, businesses and stakeholders in a coordinated way that is connected to the council’s key mission and objectives.

You’ll be part of the team who work directly with journalists to answer media enquiries and to promote the council’s services, policies and objectives, in close collaboration with the Media and Public Affairs Manager.

Joining a corporate communications team with a reputation for excellent delivery and outcomes, you’ll learn on the job as well as being offered bespoke training from some of the best communicators in the Industry.

The postholder will have responsibility for the following:

• Producing written, video and audio communications as directed by managers
• Generating innovative communications ideas and creating engaging content for all council channels, and to support the team to deliver its strategic objectives
• Supporting the production of media work, marketing collateral, events and internal communications work, helping to plan, research and edit content, arrange interviews, support event organisation and other tasks
• Commissioning and working with the Creative and Brand, and Digital Communications and Engagement teams, in particular, to generate eye-catching and engaging visual content for social media, email marketing and marketing collateral
• Attending meetings with services and to work with them to understand service communication priorities and effectively forward plan
• To contribute to team forward planning and evaluation processes
• To develop and maintain positive and productive working relationships with a range of colleagues across the council, and external partners where necessary
• Attending evening or weekend meetings or events when necessary, with time off in lieu
• Being a part of the out of hours on-call rota

If you’d like more information or an informal chat about the post, please contact me:

Bethany Robertson, Strategic Campaigns Advisor

Bethany.Robertson@islington.gov.uk

Working for the team, service and our organisation

Islington is a place rich with diversity and culture. As a council our sense of purpose couldn’t be clearer: we serve. It’s in the logo. We are committed to challenging inequality in the borough and as one of the largest employers we know that to look after the place and the planet, we have to look after our people. Together we can change the future.

We are determined to create a more equal Islington, where everyone who lives here has an equal chance to thrive.

To do this, everyone who works at Islington Council lives by a set of values which guide us in everything that we do: collaborative, ambitious, resourceful, and empowering. They spell out ‘CARE’, which is what we think public service is all about.

Our offer to you We are committed to challenging inequality in the borough and as one of the largest employers we know that to look after the place and the planet, we have to look after our people. Our staff benefits include:

• Up to 31 days leave per year, increasing to 36 days after five years of local government service
• A range of flexible working arrangements to maintain a healthy work-life balance, as well as a 35-hour working week
• Learning and development opportunities to maximise your potential
• Competitive pay and a commitment to paying all staff the London Living Wage at minimum
• Excellent local government pension scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme and discounted gym memberships
• Local discounts from restaurants, shops, health and beauty therapists, and more!

Recruitment information It is the policy of Islington Council that no user of service, present or future employee or job applicant receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their sex, perceived or actual sexual orientation, marital status, race, religion or belief, age, creed, colour, nationality, national origin, ethnic origin, or disability, or on the grounds of their association with someone in one of these groups; nor is disadvantaged by any conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justified. We welcome applications from Black and Minority Ethnic candidates and acknowledge our responsibility to mitigate against racial discrimination. Islington Council operates a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria and we are committed to providing support to applicants who request reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process and throughout their career with us. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff, and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts are subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Please note: Priority will be given to those at risk of redundancy within Islington Council. Current employees who are part of the redeployment pool must meet the essential criteria for shortlisting to be prioritised.