Communications Assistant

Brent Council; Wembley; Hybrid; GBP 34,998 - 37,134; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to 33 days annual leave

Excellent pension with employer contributions

Hybrid and flexible working options

Health and wellbeing support

Financial support opportunities

Learning and development opportunities

Access to exclusive discounts via My Brent Rewards

Job summary

A London borough council seeks a passionate communications professional to enhance and protect its reputation. You will create engaging content for social media and other communications, focusing on connecting with residents and stakeholders. Candidates should have strong writing skills, experience in a fast-paced environment, and a collaborative mindset. The role offers flexible working options and opportunities for career development.

Qualifications

• Ambitious communications professional excited about local government communications.
• Experience in delivering excellent communications and serving communities.
• Ability to build good working relationships.

Responsibilities

• Spot great stories and turn them into communications.
• Create engaging content for social media and press releases.
• Monitor media enquiries and provide recommendations.

Skills

Strong writing and communication skills

Experience in a fast-paced media or communications environment

Good understanding of social media and digital landscape

Ability to manage multiple priorities

Curious, creative and collaborative mindset

Job description

This range is provided by Brent Council. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Salary range: £34,998 - £37,134 p.a. inc. London weighting

Contract: Permanent

Hours of work: 36 hours per week

Location: Civic centre and other locations from time to time

Be a part of our mission to help everyone in Brent to live their best lives

Brent is a tremendously vibrant London borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline. Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts in terms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make up. Brent’s diversity is evident to all who visit our borough and our long history of ethnic and cultural diversity has created a place that is truly unique and valued by those who live and work here.

The council is pursuing a far-reaching transformation agenda that better meets the needs of our community so it is an exciting time to join us.

The Post

Are you passionate about storytelling, creative content, and work that has real impact? This is an exciting time to join Brent Council. Your work will help enhance and protect the council’s reputation, building trust with communities.

In this fast-paced role, you’ll work on projects that matter – helping us connect with residents, local businesses, partners and stakeholders through compelling, creative communications.

The role will involve:

• Spotting great stories across the council and turning them into impactful communications.
• Creating engaging content for social media, newsletters, press releases, and our website.
• Filming and editing multimedia content in ways that bring our messages to life.
• Monitoring the council’s Press Office, triaging media enquiries, and providing handling recommendations.
• Supporting events and campaigns, and measuring their impact to ensure we learn from what goes well and what we could improve upon.
• Supporting the team with administrative tasks, such as monitoring summaries, raising purchase orders, and maintaining photo libraries.
• Collaborating with colleagues across the council to ensure our communications are clear, consistent, and effective.

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills in a dynamic environment where curiosity and creativity are valued.

The Person

We’re looking for an ambitious communications professional who is excited about delivering excellent local government communications and serving Brent’s communities.

The successful candidate will have:

• Strong writing and communication skills, including the ability to build good working relationships.
• Experience in a fast-paced media or communications environment, including giving sound communications advice.
• A good understanding of the social media and digital landscape, and experience of creating impactful visual content for a variety of these channels.
• A proven ability to manage multiple priorities and work well under pressure.
• A curious, creative and collaborative mindset.

We know people achieve their best when they feed valued. At Brent, you’ll benefit from:

• Up to 33 days annual leave (depending on length of service) plus bank holidays
• Excellent pension with generous employer contributions (LGPS)
• Hybrid and flexible working options available for most roles
• Supportive family-friendly policies for parent, guardians, and carers
• Health and wellbeing support, including access to eye test support and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Financial support such as education sessions, childcare deposit loans, and season ticket loans
• Travel perks including Zipcar access, affordable parking nearby, a Cycle to Work scheme, and great onsite facilities
• Learning and development opportunities to help you grow your career
• Access to My Brent Rewards with exclusive discounts on shopping, travel, leisure, and entertainment

Closing Date: 21 January 2026 (23:59)

Assessment & Interview Date: early February 2026

Additional Information

If you are interested in applying for this job, please start by clicking the “Apply Now” button below. You must provide a supporting statement as part of your application that clearly shows how you meet the criteria on the Person Specification. We will accept a CV in support of your application, however, you should still provide a supporting statement.

Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this and therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We positively encourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section in the application.

We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances.

The information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas and your data protection rights, can be found here.

Brent has a positive approach to flexible working.

As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us.

Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Administrative

Industries

Government Administration