External Communications Manager
Location: London, Leeds, Brighton, Birmingham, Cambridge, Liverpool, Jarrow
Salary: £32,827 - £40,403 per annum (Depending on location)
The Role
As a Communications Manager, you will be involved in the creation and delivery of operational campaigns and events across their portfolio of channels. You will be key to the delivery of the agency's external communication strategy as they build stakeholder engagement across their channels to support their strategic objectives.
The postholder will work with internal stakeholders to plan, schedule, and publish digital campaigns in line with the organisation's external communications strategy. You will work closely with MoJ Press Office - rapidly responding to press queries, engaging internal experts, and briefing senior leaders.
You will also have a hands-on attitude to producing and delivering digital first campaigns and help them to deliver communications plans. This involves working with internal stakeholders to support their announcements, so a flair for networking and influencing is highly desirable. The postholder will also play a full part in the Corporate Services team, contributing to meetings, events, and initiatives.
Skills and Qualifications
- Good project management skills with excellent planning, prioritisation, and organisational abilities.
- A demonstrable understanding of channel management and how different content works on different channels and audiences.
- Demonstrate a track record of delivering compelling communications across a range of no and low-cost channels with a strong audience focus and demonstrable experience working in a highly reactive and responsive environment.
- Ability to work well under pressure and manage multiple priorities and tight deadlines and carry others with you under such circumstances.
- Be a skilled influencer who can make the case for creative ideas, convincing clients of the most effective way forward and inspiring the team to deliver them.
- Have a flair for networking and influencing with the ability to create and maintain positive, professional, and trusting relationships across the LAA, Ministry of Justice and their wider stakeholders.
- Able to work in a busy team in a fast-paced environment with the confidence and skills to operate on your own, influencing, and upskilling colleagues.
- Experience of creating engaging digital content using a range of digital tools, including video (Desirable).
- Practical experience of using analytics and digital insight (Google Analytics, Hootsuite, BrandWatch) to measure impact and maintain and improve engagement. (Desirable).
- Experience of working in a press office or other experience of handling reactive enquiries in a fast-paced and challenging communications environment. (Desirable).
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £32,827, the organisation contributes £9,509 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
- Access to learning and development
- A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work-life balance
- A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
- Annual Leave
- Public Holidays
- Season Ticket Advance
To Apply
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