Communications & Marketing Officer

Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council; Nuneaton; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LGPS pension

Annual leave 25–30 days

Job summary

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council is seeking a Communications & Marketing Officer - Content Creation to join our Communications team. You will create engaging content for digital and traditional channels, supporting campaigns and events and responding to media inquiries.

You will work with colleagues across the organisation to ensure high-quality communications, scheduling social media campaigns, drafting media releases and analysing engagement data to improve future outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in content creation, media relations, social media communications and/or visual design.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong digital skills with Microsoft Office and web platforms.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines.
• Strong relationship-building and customer service.
• Level 4 qualification or willingness to work towards one.

Responsibilities

• Create engaging and accessible content for digital and traditional platforms (social media, websites, press releases, videos, internal comms).
• Support campaigns and events; respond to media enquiries.
• Draft media releases and schedule social media campaigns; analyse engagement data to improve future communications.

Skills

Content creation content creation

Media relations

Social media communications

Visual design

Excellent written communication

Strong digital skills

Education

Level 4 qualification (relevant subject)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Web platforms

Content creation/editing software

Job description

We're looking for a talented Communications & Marketing Officer - Content Creation to join our Communications team. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape how we communicate with residents, stakeholders and partners, promoting the Council's services, achievements and events across a variety of channels.

About the role

As part of our Communications team, you will create engaging and accessible content for digital and traditional platforms, including social media, websites, press releases, videos and internal communications. You will support campaigns and events, respond to media enquiries and work closely with colleagues across the organisation to ensure consistent, high-quality communications. No two days are the same. One day you might be attending a community event to gather content, the next you could be drafting a media release, scheduling social media campaigns or analysing engagement data to improve future communications. We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised communications professional with Experience in content creation, media relations, social media communications and/or visual design.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong digital skills, including experience using Microsoft Office, web platforms and content creation or editing software.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities, work to tight deadlines and deliver high-quality content.
• Strong relationship-building skills and a commitment to excellent customer service.
• A Level 4 qualification in a relevant subject, or a willingness to work towards one.

Our Council

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council is a small authority with BIG values. We take pride in serving the residents of our borough and look to provide value for money services. We aim to work to the best of our abilities with honesty, integrity and place particular importance on working together.

Why join us?......

Situated in the heart of England, Nuneaton and Bedworth shares excellent rail and motorway links to the rest of the country. We offer a wide range of job opportunities from refuse and cleansing roles, which directly serve our local community, to behind the scenes administrative roles; providing essential support to our front line professionals. A wide range of benefits including competitive salaries that are based on our competency framework and paid according to the scoring of the job profile, to ensure that all roles performing the same duties are paid equally. A generous annual leave entitlement. Our employees receive 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years continuous service. Plus all bank holidays. A wide range of learning and development opportunities. We recognise our employees as a valuable resource and are therefore committed to the investment of time and financial resources to support the learning and development of our workforce. We offer a wide range of learning prospects, which to name a few include: In-house training sessions, E-learning modules, Leadership and management development programmes and a Post Entry Training scheme Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), which provides a secure future income, independent of share prices and stock market fluctuations. To help your pension grow, the Council meets the balance of the cost of providing your benefits into the LGPS. Health and Wellbeing initiatives- our in-house Sports Development Team operate regular work place challenges, health checks and MOT's. Employees also receive discounted gym and leisure membership. Wider Wallets - all our employees gain access to offers and permanent discounts to everyday savings, ranging from discounts on high street stores to offers on days outs. Travel, car allowances and schemes - mileage allowances are paid for using cars/cycles for Council business. In addition, Level 1 car users are provided with a car park pass. We also operate a Cycle salary sacrifice scheme. Work-life balance -. We have a number of initiatives in place to support flexible working including, a job-sharing policy, career break scheme, flexible working policy, flexitime scheme, parental leave scheme, time off for dependants, maternity support leave and agile working. Armed Force Covenant - We are proud signatories of the Armed Force Covenant and actively work to ensure that we continue to deliver on our commitment as stated in the Covenant. We were recently awarded the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award. We have a range of internal processes and policies to support our Armed Forces Communities.

What we look for……

We seek candidates that can adapt to change and welcome new challenges. We look for those that share our values and take pride in what they do.