Guardian UK Jobs – Resource Officer

About the job

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Resource Officer (Marketing):

• London
• Local government authority
• £19.85 to £24.18 (PAYE)
• 3 month contract
• Full time 36 hours

The organisation:

This organisation is one of the leading local government authorities in London. This organisation works closely with the community to deliver

The role:

• To project manage timelines and deliver effective, engaging communications for the organisation and related service activities of the group using all their channels.
• Create and manage dynamic campaigns for primarily internal audiences but will also work on external content promoting the organisation.
• To work with people leading service implementation, making sure it is communicated effectively and in ever more creative ways.

Key responsibilities:

• Project manage communication timelines having regard to the organisation’s operations.
• Working with designers to create relevant and accurate content for social media and website including videos, leaflets, posters and infographics.
• Drafting accurate, relevant, and engaging text for leaflets, brochures, posters etc.
• Scheduling social media content appropriately.
• Responding to social media queries and comments to enable ‘live’ and interactive engagement.
• Work with senior managers to help them improve their communications with their teams, and to ensure their successes and innovations are shared more widely across the organisation.
• Making sure the community is well informed of changes to the service, promotions, and campaigns.
• Promotion of new services and initiatives.

Key responsibilities:

• Excellent written English and Language Comprehension.
• Two years’ experience in communications.
• Creating engaging content including text, video, simple graphics, imagery, for various communications channels.
• Successfully engaging with media outlets to secure positive coverage.
• Managing negative / hostile media coverage.
• Summarising lengthy, complex documents in an accurate and accessible manner.

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