Engagement Officer

Nottingham City Council; United States; Hybrid; USD 34,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days annual leave

Generous pension scheme

Smart Working

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounted local memberships

Job summary

Nottingham City Council is seeking an Engagement Officer to support Midlands Net Zero Hub communications and marketing projects. You will report to the Communications and Engagement Manager and contribute to plans and campaigns with fresh ideas.

The successful candidate will join a hybrid work environment, stay current with industry developments, and help ensure ROI through monitoring and evaluation.

Qualifications

• Knowledge/experience of a creative internal and external focused approach to communications and marketing.
• Essential fluency in English.
• Ability to work in a hybrid working environment.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and delivery of communications and marketing plans and campaigns with creative ideas.
• Build relationships across the Midlands as part of the Midlands Net Zero Hub team.
• Monitor trends, channels and ROI; benchmark and evaluate effectiveness.

Skills

Communications & Marketing

Creative thinking

Relationship building

ROI analysis

Job description

The Midlands Net Zero Hub is funded by The Department of Energy Security and Net Zero, and is hosted by Nottingham City Council. The Engagement Officer role will be responsible for/proactively supporting the delivery of a number of communication and marketing projects, campaigns or on-going service marketing initiatives to support Midlands Net Zero Hub objectives. The successful candidate will report directly to the Communications and Engagement Manager.

• Support the Communications & Marketing in the development and delivery of communications and marketing plan/s and campaigns, offering creative and innovative ideas

• Form a key part of the Midlands Net Zero Hub team with responsibility for building relationships across the Midlands

• Keep up to date with key issues and developments and competitor analysis in all related communications and marketing activity, channels and e-marketing, particularly in relation to user generated content, new and emerging technologies to ensure the currency to ensure the council is at the cutting-edge of sector best practice, through benchmarking, monitoring and evaluation of effectiveness e.g. ROI.

• Knowledge/experience of a creative internal and external focused approach to communications and marketing of services and products with a good grasp of related processes and technique. This post is covered by the statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) (English Language Requirement for public sector workers) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English, is an essential requirement for the role. At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the for applicants page. Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years' service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working - to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair, inclusive and Disability Confident Employer, welcoming applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference. If you are a disabled candidate and wish to be considered under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this within your application. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and employment journey. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from serving personnel, veterans, reservists and military families. We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the LGBTQ+ community, or are disabled. These groups are currently underrepresented in our workforce, and we are committed to better reflecting the communities we serve. We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and encourage candidates to discuss this with us during the recruitment process.