Senior Communications Officer - Internal

Central Bedfordshire Council; England; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 46,000; Part time

Job summary

Central Bedfordshire Council seeks a Senior Communications Officer - Internal on a short-term hybrid contract. You will lead planning, writing and delivery of internal messages across channels and support organisational change programmes.

The role requires strong editorial judgment, excellent writing, and the ability to manage multiple priorities with tight deadlines, attending CBC offices at least monthly.

Qualifications

• Experience leading internal comms strategies and campaigns.
• Ability to translate complex information for diverse audiences.
• Proven track record delivering communications under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Plan, write and deliver high-quality internal communications across channels.
• Support organisational change programmes and staff engagement initiatives.
• Coordinate with stakeholders at all levels to ensure consistent messages.
• Evaluate impact using analytics to continuously improve effectiveness.

Skills

Excellent writing

Storytelling

Internal communications strategy

Stakeholder management

Channel management

Analytics/evaluation

Staff engagement

Organisational change communications

Tools

SharePoint

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Senior Communications Officer - Internal

Team:COM - Communications
Job Family: Providing - CBG11
Salary: £42,396 - £45,758 per annum pro rata
Contract Type: Hybrid - Fixed Term until 1st May 2027 - Maternity cover
Hours: 30 hours per week
Location: You will be expected to attend a CBC office location as often as needed to carry out your role, which will be no less than once per month.
Closing Date: 19th November 2026
Interview Date: Between 24th and 27th November 2026 - Stage one interview (online assessment tasks for one hour). Next stage interview to be confirmed after.

About the Role:

We're looking for a talented Internal Communications Officer to join us on a short-term contract in our ambitious Communications and Consultation team.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a communicator with experience to make a meaningful impact - supporting colleagues across the organisation and helping ensure staff are informed, engaged and inspired.

You will have proven experience managing your own varied and busy workload, meeting tight deadlines, and communicating effectively with customers at all levels of the organisation. You'll play an important role in planning, creating and delivering high-quality communications across our established internal channels, including supporting organisational change programmes.

This is a busy, fast-paced role requiring a strong work ethic, excellent organisational skills, and the ability to work well under pressure. You will demonstrate sound editorial judgement, excellent writing skills and a keen eye for detail to help ensure our messages are clear, consistent and aligned with our organisational values.

Experience in internal communications roles is essential and organisational change experience is great but not essential - but you will need to have the ability and motivation to learn and develop at pace.

What We’re Looking For

• Excellent writing, editing and storytelling skills, with the ability to communicate complex information clearly and creatively.
• Demonstrable experience leading and delivering internal communications strategies, campaigns and organisational change communications.
• Strong ability to identify, develop and manage engaging content across a range of internal channels and audiences.
• Experience managing and developing internal communication channels, including digital platforms such as SharePoint intranets.
• Ability to use insight, analytics and evaluation to measure impact and continuously improve communication effectiveness.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build relationships, influence and provide trusted communications advice to colleagues and senior leaders.
• Experience planning and delivering staff engagement initiatives and events that support organisational culture and business priorities.
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced environment.

Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer. We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process.

You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies in this Recruitment Pack.

To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants,it isCentral Bedfordshire Council'spolicy to only consider applications madevia our online applicationsystem and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline.

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