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We are currently recruiting an interim Communications Officer for a local authority in the Midlands (300 - 400 a day via an umbrella company, 6 months & must be on site once a week).
If you have all round comms experience, with exposure to local government or the finance sector, then this is the job for you.
Stand out abilities:
- translate technical language
- experience of writing instructions
- acknowledge of local government lexicon and how they operate
- finance terminology and financial operations
What we are looking for is someone who can:
- Act collaboratively, being part of a team, while delivering their workload on time to the required quality. This could include:
o Iterating the communication plan for the Finance directorate
o Engage in event planning
o Work with a variety of stakeholders
- Able to work in a dynamic environment and meeting strict deadlines
o Create, edit, and distribute regular newsletters, bulletins, and updates
o Coordinate messaging across all internal channels ensuring consistency and clarity and alignment with the Finance Improvement and Recovery Programme
o Produce high-quality written content for various internal audiences using clear English and non-management speak
- Be people focused and able to adapt to a variety of needs and styles to support successful delivery of the Finance Improvement Programme
o Create visual content, workflows and infographics to support key messages and reinforce new ways of working, liaising with internal specialists where required
o Align templates and style guides for directorate communications establishing consistent style, tone and brand with existing corporate collateral
o Translate complex financial information into accessible communications that nudge behavioural change
- Meet the needs of a variety of stakeholders. This could include:
o Reframing customer-facing letters to be benefit-led rather than process-focused, simplify terms and conditions into plain English that customers can easily understand
o Develop supplier communications that clearly explain new procurement processes creating behavioural nudge materials to encourage supplier compliance
