Senior Communications Officer

Essential Employment; Southampton; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Essential Employment in Southampton is seeking a Senior Communications Officer on a temporary basis to support the Public Health team with communications plans and targeted messaging for residents, colleagues and stakeholders. You will report to the Communications Manager for Wellbeing and will be responsible for creating and implementing communications and engagement plans for a variety of projects.

You will use a range of communications channels, from digital to traditional PR, with strong

Qualifications

• Strong copywriting and planning skills.
• Experience in creating communications strategies for diverse audiences.
• Experience with social media content creation and channel management.

Responsibilities

• Support Public Health team with communications strategies and targeted messaging for residents, colleagues and stakeholders.
• Create and implement communications and engagement plans for various projects.
• Use a range of channels from digital to traditional PR to deliver messages.

Skills

Copywriting

Planning

Communications strategy

Social media

Media relations

Filming

Editing

Job description

Senior Communications Officer needed in Southampton

This is a temporary role and the rate is £21.65ph PAYE

The reference number is: 5304215

The successful candidate will be a self-motivated, creative individual with strong copywriting and planning skills. They will support a Public Health team on communications strategies to deliver targeted messages to residents, colleagues and stakeholders and will be reporting to the Communications Manager for Wellbeing, you will be responsible for creating and implementing communications and engagement plans for a variety of projects. You will use a range of communications channels, from digital to traditional PR.

This role will suit someone with strong copywriting skills, writing for different audiences, creating content for different social media channels, and experience of working closely with the media and building relationships. Filming and editing experience is desirable, and the successful candidate should have a willingness to learn.

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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