Communications Officer

Venn Group is currently recruiting for a Communications Officer for a Public Sector Organisation based in Birmingham. This is a temporary position for 3 months initially with the possibility of going permanent. The hourly rate for this position is £20-21 per hour via Umbrella.

This is a full time role and requires you to be on site 1-2 days per week.

Duties will include:

• Act as a specialist communications business partner to colleagues, taking ownership of defined business / campaign areas to provide authoritative, effective and professional communications counsel in support of the organisation’s campaign objectives.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues at all levels to devise and deliver targeted, impactful and measurable communications promoting national and regional initiatives and campaigns.
• Maximise the impact of the organisation’s policies and campaigns by identifying and utilising all appropriate communications channels. This includes producing creative, proactive news items, PR features, digital content and social media opportunities.
• Work with third party stakeholder organisations to exploit opportunities for joint working and collaboration.
• Provide internal communications support to ensure colleagues across the organisation are kept informed and engaged with organisational initiatives, developments and messages.
• Respond to media enquiries relevant to defined business / campaign areas, providing press briefings and preparing spokespeople as required. This includes ensuring responsiveness to media enquiries outside of normal office hours.
• Respond quickly and innovatively to externally-driven developments, ensuring the organisation’s messaging is amplified where opportunities arise.
• Support our organisation’s commitment to the Welsh language by identifying opportunities for translation and encouraging colleagues to do the same

To apply for this role or to find out about other Communications jobs, please contact Philip Mylona on the Midlands Communications Recruitment team on 0121 616 0660 or pmylona@venngroup.com

Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.