Communications Officer

Confidential; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Sellick Partnership is recruiting a Communications Officer for a Bristol-based public sector client. This interim, full-time hybrid role requires at least three days in the office each week.

Salary is £23.50 per hour PAYE. The Communications Officer will develop and maintain strong stakeholder relationships, support senior leadership engagement, monitor external developments, and ensure insights are shared across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar role.
• Experience within the public sector.
• Experience preparing briefings, reports, or communications for senior audiences.
• Ability to influence and collaborate across teams and functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the coordination and delivery of stakeholder engagement activities, including senior leadership visits and meetings.
• Support planning and delivery of online and in-person events for senior external audiences.
• Produce high-quality briefings for senior leaders ahead of meetings, events and stakeholder engagements.
• Monitor parliamentary and policy developments, providing concise summaries and insights to internal colleagues.
• Prepare evidence, briefing materials and background information for senior leaders.
• Develop and improve systems for managing stakeholder intelligence and engagement activity.
• Create engaging internal and external communications, including blogs and updates.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the wider team.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership support

Organisational skills

Project coordination

Job description

Role: Communications Officer

Sector: Public Sector

Duration: Interim 6 Months

Location: Bristol

Salary: £23.50 PAYE per hour

Sellick Partnership is currently recruiting for an experienced Officer to join our client based in Bristol. This role is offered on a full time, hybrid role with a minimum of 3 days a week in the office.

The Communications Officer will be responsible for developing and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships, supporting senior leadership engagement, monitoring external developments, and ensuring insights are effectively shared across the organisation.

The duties of the Communications Officer will include;

• Leading the coordination and delivery of a programme of stakeholder engagement activity, including senior leadership visits and meetings
• Supporting the planning and delivery of online and in-person events for senior external audiences Building and maintaining productive relationships with a wide range of external organisations and stakeholders
• Producing high-quality briefings for senior leaders ahead of meetings, events and stakeholder engagements
• Monitoring parliamentary and policy developments, providing concise summaries and insight to internal colleagues
• Supporting the preparation of evidence, briefing materials and background information for senior leaders
• Developing and improving systems and processes for managing stakeholder intelligence and engagement activity
• Creating engaging internal and external communications, including blogs, briefings and updates.
• Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives across the wider team

The Communications Officer will ideally have:

• Previous experience in a similar role
• Previous experience within the public sector
• Experience preparing briefings, reports, correspondence or communications for senior audiences.
• Strong organisational and project coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to influence and collaborate effectively across teams and functions

The Communications and Engagement Specialist will need to have excellent communication skills and effectively be able to communicate to stakeholders of all levels. Furthermore, the ideal candidate will have an impeccable eye for detail and accuracy to ensure all workload is carried out effectively and efficiently. They will also need to able to prioritise their workload and be efficient and effective to meet unpredictable deadlines and deal with conflicting demands, whilst working in a high-pressured environment.

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