Communication Assistant

Laing O'Rourke group; Dartford; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Laing O'Rourke is looking for a proactive Corporate Communications Assistant to gain hands-on experience across social media, digital channels, PR, internal communications, events and brand initiatives. You’ll work with the Corporate Affairs team on storytelling for high-profile projects.

You’ll develop content, support media monitoring, and help coordinate campaigns while building relationships with colleagues and external partners in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in communications, journalism, marketing, PR or related discipline.
• GCSE English (A*-C) essential.
• Interest in social media, digital comms and corporate communications.
• Excellent writing and storytelling ability.

Responsibilities

• Support our social media presence and analyse channel performance.
• Update digital channels including websites and intranet.
• Create photography and video content and perform simple edits.
• Assist with events from employee briefings to media visits.
• Support press office, monitor media coverage and media enquiries.
• Assist internal communications campaigns across the organisation.
• Grow into delivering comms plans and campaigns.
• Provide day-to-day coordination and admin for Corporate Affairs.

Skills

Written & Verbal communication

Social media interest

PR & media relations

Organisational skills

Relationship building

MS Office familiarity

Content creation

Education

Degree in communications/journalism/marketing/PR

GCSE English

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Excel

LinkedIn

Instagram

Facebook

YouTube

Job description

Corporate Communications Assistant

Corporate Affairs | Dartford

Looking for that first big step into corporate communications? Are you passionate about storytelling and excited by the different ways a great story can be brought to life across digital, social and traditional channels?

Laing O'Rourke has an exciting role where you can learn, create, contribute and build experience across the full communications mix.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone at the beginning of their Marketingcareer who wants hands‑on experience across social media, digital communications, PR, internal communications, content creation, events and brand.

From major infrastructure and cutting-edge engineering to hospitals, universities and some of the UK's most recognisable construction projects, there are plenty of stories to tell at Laing O'Rourke.

You won't be limited to one area of communications. You'll work alongside an experienced Corporate Affairs team, collaborate with people across our business and gain exposure to high‑profile clients and leading communications agencies.

What will you be doing?

• Support our social media presence, helping manage content and analyse how our channels are performing.
• Update our digital channels, including our websites and intranet.
• Get creative with photography and video, carrying out simple edits and helping manage our image and video libraries.
• Get involved in events, from employee briefings to major construction milestones and media visits.
• Experience PR and media relations, supporting our press office, monitoring media coverage and helping manage incoming media enquiries.
• Support internal communications, helping colleagues deliver campaigns and communications across the organisation.
• Build your own experience, progressing towards developing and delivering communications plans and campaigns as your confidence grows.
• Provide day‑to‑day coordination and administrative support that helps keep the Corporate Affairs team running effectively.

What are we looking for?

Above all, we're looking for someone who is curious, creative, organised and excited about brining content to life.

You'll ideally bring:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A real interest in social media, digital communications, PR or corporate communications.
• Confidence communicating and building relationships with different people.
• Good organisation, time management and self‑motivation.
• The ability to prioritise and stay positive in a busy, fast‑moving environment.
• A collaborative approach and willingness to get involved.
• Experience using Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Confidence using social media platforms including LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.

Qualifications

Ideally, you'll have a degree or equivalent qualification in communications, journalism, marketing, public relations or a related discipline.

GCSE English at grade A*-C, or equivalent, is essential.

WhyLaing O'Rourke?

This is an opportunity to develop your communications careerwhile telling stories about projects that have a real impact on society.

Our work includes projects such as Everton Football Club's new stadium, the Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities at Oxford University, the Thames super‑sewer and Hinkley Point C, alongside hospitals, defence estates, research facilities and data centres across the UK.

About Us

Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state‑of‑the‑art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know if you would like to opt in to this scheme and let us know if you require any adjustments for the interview process.

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