Senior Communications and Engagement Officer

Description

Senior Communications and Engagement Officer- 10 weeks - RCT - Immediate Start

The Opportunity

Yolk Recruitment Public Sector & Not-for-Profit team has partnered with a large health authority to recruit a Senior Communications Officer. They are an extraordinary organisation with a diverse workforce and inclusive culture.

You'll be joining a group full of passionate individuals, who take pride in their work and the business. In return, our dedicated teams are supported, encouraged, nurtured, developed, and rewarded.

You'll be joining a hardworking, supportive, and inclusive team and they put their staff at the heart of everything they do and take pride in their work and their brand.

This is a Hybrid role, Monday- Friday. 37.5 hours per week.

What the Senior Communications Officer will be doing:-

The ideal Senior Communications Officer will be responsible for

Manage proactive and reactive media relations on a day-to-day basis. This will include managing reactive media enquiries, briefing journalists, managing events, press conferences, photo calls and visits, supervising filming and preparing reactive statements and Q&A documents.

Write, edit, proof read and co-ordinate content for internal and external publications.

Maintaining information systems, e.g media releases database, website, press cuttings and photo library databases

Work with external consultants/agencies including designers and video production agencies to develop high quality appropriate communications and marketing content and materials.

Handle media enquiries, deciding on the appropriate responses and preparing reactive statements/briefing spokespeople as appropriateWhat the successful Senior Communications Officer will bring to the team:-

This role is suitable for someone who has:-

Experience

Excellent written and oral skills * Ability to provide, receive and present complex, sensitive information to groups where cooperation and/or agreement are required.

* Evidence of ongoing professional development and training in the communications, journalism or marketing field.

Highly developed knowledge of communications, public relations, journalism and marketing communication techniques, approaches and procedures.

Ideally a background in a public sector environment

What the Senior Communications Officer will get in return:-

* £19.84- £23.88 per hour DOE

* Monday to Friday with no evenings and a hybrid environment after initial training.

If you think this one is for you:-

If you have a track record of developing and marketing projects across a range of audiences and have experience of proactive and reactive media relations particularly in the public or health care sector I would like to hear from you.

Yolk Public Sector & Not-for-Profit team works with organisations across the UK to fulfil their recruitment needs and to achieve their D&I objectives. We recruit temporary, contract and permanent hires for 1 off specialist needs or for volume campaigns. We support our applicants to navigate the public sector recruitment processes and secure their dream jobs.

Yolk Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and embraces diversity in our workforce. We employ the best people for the job at hand and actively encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, educational background, parental status, gender identity or any other protected characteristic. We champion and celebrate diversity at Yolk allowing our team to bring their whole selves to work

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