Communications Officer

Church of England; Hove; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 41,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading organization is looking for a Communications Officer to enhance its communications strategy and deliver engaging digital media content. This exciting role involves creating and managing campaigns across various platforms while collaborating closely with another officer. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in communications and digital media, providing significant support to the Diocese's mission.

Benefits

Flexi-time and hybrid working

Diocesan Pension Scheme with 15.1% employer contribution

28 days annual leave plus additional privilege days

Free parking and ride to work scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience of delivering communication campaigns.
• Experience of providing PR and media support.
• Ability to create, develop and edit content for various platforms.

Responsibilities

• Create and support imaginative communications campaigns.
• Source and publish content on mission and ministry.
• Develop and maintain the diocesan website.

Skills

Communication campaigns

PR and media support

Content creation

Social media management

Collaborative work

Job description

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Closing Date:

20/07/2025

Vacancy Category:

Communications and Marketing

Business Unit:

Diocese of Chichester

Organizational Unit:

Introduction

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to work for an organisation that makes a difference and values professionalism, flexibility, and a respectful and supportive work environment? If the answer is yes, then this is the role for you!

We are looking for a Communications Officer to join our team at Church House, Hove. This is a job share position for 3 days per week with one day overlapping with the other Communications Officer (ideally working from Wednesday to Friday).

The two Communications Officers will work closely and collaboratively to help deliver our diocesan strategy and tell the story of our diverse church communities in the Diocese of Chichester.

This role will focus particularly on the development and delivery of digital media content including social media campaigns; planning, scripting and filming video content and managing social media channels.

What you’ll do:

• Create, coordinate and support imaginative communications campaigns to support the diocesan strategy
• Source, generate and publish content about the good news of our mission and ministry in the diocese through both traditional and digital media platforms
• Respond to media enquiries and provide communication and PR support
• Develop, manage and maintain the diocesan website as a key platform for the delivery of diocesan resources, news and information
• Provide training and support to parishes on communication best practice

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Proven experience of delivering communication campaigns
• Experience of providing PR and media support
• The ability to create, develop and edit content for a range of platforms and in particular digital channels
• The ability to manage social media and website platforms
• A collaborative approach to working

For further information please see the job description and person specification

What we offer:

• A salary of £24,172 per annum (pro-rata of FTE £40,288) for 22.5 hours work per week.
• Flexi-time and hybrid working. The role is based at Church House, Hove with the opportunity to apply to use the DBF’s remote working policy to work from home for part of the week
• Enrolment into the Diocesan Pension Scheme with a 15.1% employer contribution
• 28 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays and an additional 2 privilege days leave per year
• Free parking at Church House, use of the ride to work scheme and free eye tests

As an employer, and as a Church House team, our mutual values at work are to be Respectful, Professional, Flexible and Supportive.

Chichester DBF is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All post holders are expected to share this commitment and to comply with the relevant safeguarding policy. Our full safeguarding policy can be found here

Please apply via Pathways by midnight on Sunday 20 th July 2025. We’d love to see examples of your digital media work, so please include links or examples of this on your CV.

Interviews will be held at Church House, Hove on Thursday 31 st July 2025.