Assistant Web & Digital Comms Officer

North Norfolk District Council; East Runton; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

North Norfolk District Council seeks a part-time Assistant Web and Digital Communications Officer. The role involves collaborating on website content creation and editing, ensuring accessibility, and prioritizing tasks effectively. Ideal candidates will possess strong English language skills and a passion for innovative digital communication.

Benefits

Employee assistance program

Discounts portal

Salary sacrifice schemes (bikes, home electronics, EV car leasing)

25 days' holiday per year, plus bank holidays

Access to an excellent local government pension scheme

Qualifications

• Flexible and adaptable approach to work.
• Ability to prioritize and manage own time effectively.

Responsibilities

• Create and edit website and intranet content.
• Advise on content accessibility matters.
• Work within existing content management systems.

Skills

Excellent English Language

Interpersonal Skills

Content Management

Job description

About The Role

We are looking to a part-time Assistant Web and Digital Communications Officer to join our Web team, delivering accessible and engaging content on the Council’s public-facing website and intranet.

At North Norfolk District Council, we constantly evolve our organisation through digital transformation, focusing on delivering better value, quality, and efficiency in allour services across the district. At the heart of that transformation is the ongoing development of standards-based web services, which offer an engaging user experience across everything the Council does.

About You

The successful applicant will work alongside our full time Assistant Web & Digital Comms Officer in creating and editing website and intranet content for the organisation.They will work within our existing framework, using content management systems to create and update content pages and internal communications.They will also advise officers across the organisation on the use of plain English and content accessibility matters.

The ideal candidate will be flexible, adaptable, and importantly, innovative in their approach to work. They will require excellent English Language and interpersonal skills to turn business requirements into practical solutions. The ability to prioritise and manage your own time is essential in this role.

If you are looking for a varied and challenging workload and want to be part of an enthusiastic and forward-thinking team that values aptitude and potential as much as experience - we would like to hear from you.

This is a part-time role for 25.5 hours per week.

Closing date:11.59pm on Thursday 26 June 2025

Interviews: week beginning 7 July 2025

For an informal discussion, please contact Kate Wilson, Strategic IT Manager:

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About Us

North Norfolk is a fantastic place to live, work and visit – covering over 360 sq miles of coastal and rural environment. With a population of over 100,000 people living in 120 distinct communities, our District is one of England’s top holiday destinations and a place where people positively choose to live.

We're committed to promoting equality of opportunity for the people and communities of North Norfolk. We respect and value differences in our district and across our workforce, and we want everyone to feel included and able to play their part in making North Norfolk a great place to live, learn, work and visit. Our coast and environment areextremely importantto us.

Recognising that North Norfolkfaces a very real threat from climate change, the Council has declared a climate emergency. We have developed a Net Zero strategy to support our ambitions and all staff have a role to play in meeting our carbon reduction targets.

We have a supportive culture that enables our people to learn and grow through attending courses, e-learning, and their daily job roles. We provide excellent opportunities for communication through updates from Directors and the Chief Executive. Our our onsite recognised union is UNISON.

Our Cromer office is clean, modern and light, with onsite lunchtime catering and free onsite parking. As one of the largest employers in the district, we offer several benefits to all our employees:

• employee assistance program
• discounts portal
• salary sacrifice schemes (bikes, home electricals and EV car leasing).

You will also enjoy:

• a goodwork-life balance, with many roles following our hybrid approach to work (if your role supports hybrid working, all we ask is that you have a stable and reliable internet connection)
• 25days'holiday per year, plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days after 5 years' service (assuming the role is full-time)
• access to an excellent local government pension scheme based on your local authority career average earnings

We encourage applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.