Senior Communications Officer
Gloucestershire County Council
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Gloucester • United Kingdom
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Salary
💰 £37,280 - £39,862 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Play a leading role in delivering the Council’s internal and external communications strategy.
- Ensure our messages reach the right people, at the right time and in the right way.
- Support key projects, services and organisational goals.
- Work flexibly across a wide range of communications disciplines, including: Digital communications, Media relations, Internal communications, and Stakeholder engagement.
Requirements
- Experience delivering strategic communications in a high‑profile environment as part of a team.
- Strong digital, social media and content‑creation skills.
- Excellent judgement under pressure and the confidence to advise senior leaders.
- A collaborative mindset and the ability to engage with a broad range of internal and external audiences.
- A passion for public service and a drive to help Gloucester’s communities stay informed, involved and supported.
- Experience in a communications, PR or digital media role.
- Strong understanding of social media strategy and content creation.
- Video and editing experience.
- Familiarity with social media content management tools.
- High level interpersonal skills.
- Excellent writing and proofreading skills.
- Experience of converting complex documents and material into engaging content.
- Ability to analyse performance data and report on communications impact.
- Willingness to work flexibly when necessary - with occasional evening and weekend work, as required, to cover relevant stories and events.
Benefits
- Flexible, hybrid, agile working opportunities
- Generous Annual Leave entitlement 30 days
- An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year
- 2 days paid leave every year to participate in local volunteering activities
- Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) & Life Cover of 3 times your salary
- Regular training, career development and qualification opportunities
- Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone, and in an in-house Occupational Health service
- Enhanced family friendly leave and pay
- Car salary sacrifice scheme (T&C apply)
- Cycle to Work scheme (Salary Sacrifice - T & C apply)
- Employee discount scheme
- Discounted tickets for local events, and reduced rate use of GL1 facilities
- Free Flu-jabs
- Access to employee led networks such as Black Worker's, Prism (LGBT+), Carers, Disability and the Young Employees Network, and opportunities to participate in our Equalities Working Group
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
strategic communicationsdigital communicationsmedia relationscontent creationvideo editingperformance data analysiswritingproofreadingsocial media strategystakeholder engagement
Soft Skills
judgement under pressurecollaborative mindsetinterpersonal skillsengagement with audiencespassion for public serviceflexibilityconfidence to adviseability to convert complex documentsdrive to support communitiesability to report on communications impact