Senior Communications Officer
Communications, Marketing, PR

Salford City Council
Salford Civic Centre
Chorley Road
Swinton, M27 5AW

Senior Communications Officer (Change projects)
Salary: £32,878 - £35,934
Working Hours: Up to 36 hours – A work/life blend is important to us so we are happy to talk flexible working
Contract Type: Fixed Term 12 Months (with the possibility to extend to 18 months)
Closing Date: 7th January 2020, 4pm

About us - it's no Salfordinary City
This is Salford’s time! We are changing and have ambitious plans for our modern global city, where our workforce can collectively make a real difference to the lives of local people. The council is people centred and values based which makes Salford a really great place to work. With a positive permission culture and can-do approach, we embrace innovation and nurture great talent.

We think differently here and our employees are at the heart of how we do things, so having an informed, engaged, and motivated workforce is vital. And that’s where you come in.

About you
Your style and approach will reflect our values: you will be able to provide communications and engagement at a high level, working with colleagues at all levels. You will be passionate about what you do always striving to improve things; valuing and respecting others’ contribution, you will work together to improve employee involvement, engagement and communications; you will take pride in always getting things right first time and learn from when things do go wrong; you will enjoy taking personal responsibility to resolve issues and change what you do and how you do it to make a difference.

You’ll love working with people and be passionate about employee voice. We’re looking for an inspiring person who is motivated by improving how we do things and making a real difference to the people of Salford. If you are someone who understands strategic communications, how to engage people, can influence behaviour change, are able to help create a values based culture, and loves working with others to develop a digital first approach to workforce communications and engagement, then we would love to hear from you.

About the role
This role will support the communication and engagement for a key workstream under our overarching programme of change.

The main aim will be to empower and enable our employees to be smarter in the way they work across the city.

Working as part of a multi-skilled squad, you will lead the development and implementation of a new digital platform and tools to support customer facing services. This exciting and influential role will lead on the workforce communication and engagement approaches, empowering our employees to work in new and different ways to help our people be the best they can be and deliver better outcomes for our citizens.

This role will work in partnership with a range of teams including communications, digital, data and technology and HR&OD championing our #TeamSalford approach.

You will work agilely, so be able to coordinate effectively with other teams and ensure your approach is connected to key council strategies, including the council’s communications strategy.
 
You will be working on a high profile 12-18 month project and will be responsible for developing and delivering a communications and engagement plan to embed this project and engage colleagues. This will include leading and developing employee engagement methods such as strong leadership communications, stakeholder sessions, user testing, systems training and feedback forums.

Learn, grow and develop as a leader
At Salford we’re committed to supporting our leaders to grow and from day one we’ll support you to succeed as a Salford leader through ongoing learning and development. This will include some core #LeadingSalford development and an immediate opportunity to gain a relevant leadership qualification. You can find out more here https://greater.jobs/sss/salford-city-council/leadingsalford/ 
 
About the recruiting process
Please apply with a CV and supporting statement (no more than 4 sides of A4) demonstrating how you meet the requirements of the role and what you personally bring. Please refer to the role profile to create your supporting statement.

We are a values based organisation so our interviews will be values based and take place on either Monday 13th or Tuesday 14th January 2020.

#HappyToTalkFlexibleWorking
 
Welcome Letter.docx
Role Profile.docx
Working for Salford.pdf

About your benefits
You will be welcomed into a friendly environment and have the opportunity to work and grow in a values based organisation where people are at the heart of everything we do. We promote a positive permission culture, empowering you to make a difference. Your opinions matter to us and you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things through our Salford 100 employee group and our employee led redesign approach. Your work-life balance and wellbeing are important to us so you will have access to a range of benefits including flexible working, green travel, pension and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition to this we offer a range of health and wellbeing options to suit your needs.

Continuous service commitment
New employees can now keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others.

Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer and a Stonewall Diversity Champion. We understand how hard it can be to combine caring for a loved one with work so we aim to provide support and flexibility to balance family and caring responsibilities with work https://greater.jobs/content/9189/diversity-and-inclusion

Our core data protection obligations and commitments are set out in the council’s primary Recruitment and Employment Privacy Notice which can be found at https://www.salford.gov.uk/gdpr  .
Location
Salford Civic Centre
Vacancy Description
 
Salford City Council
Salford Civic Centre
Chorley Road
Swinton, M27 5AW

Senior Communications Officer (Change projects)
Salary: £32,878 - £35,934
Working Hours: Up to 36 hours – A work/life blend is important to us so we are happy to talk flexible working
Contract Type: Fixed Term 12 Months (with the possibility to extend to 18 months)
Closing Date: 7th January 2020, 4pm

About us - it's no Salfordinary City
This is Salford’s time! We are changing and have ambitious plans for our modern global city, where our workforce can collectively make a real difference to the lives of local people. The council is people centred and values based which makes Salford a really great place to work. With a positive permission culture and can-do approach, we embrace innovation and nurture great talent.

We think differently here and our employees are at the heart of how we do things, so having an informed, engaged, and motivated workforce is vital. And that’s where you come in.

About you
Your style and approach will reflect our values: you will be able to provide communications and engagement at a high level, working with colleagues at all levels. You will be passionate about what you do always striving to improve things; valuing and respecting others’ contribution, you will work together to improve employee involvement, engagement and communications; you will take pride in always getting things right first time and learn from when things do go wrong; you will enjoy taking personal responsibility to resolve issues and change what you do and how you do it to make a difference.

You’ll love working with people and be passionate about employee voice. We’re looking for an inspiring person who is motivated by improving how we do things and making a real difference to the people of Salford. If you are someone who understands strategic communications, how to engage people, can influence behaviour change, are able to help create a values based culture, and loves working with others to develop a digital first approach to workforce communications and engagement, then we would love to hear from you.

About the role
This role will support the communication and engagement for a key workstream under our overarching programme of change.

The main aim will be to empower and enable our employees to be smarter in the way they work across the city.

Working as part of a multi-skilled squad, you will lead the development and implementation of a new digital platform and tools to support customer facing services. This exciting and influential role will lead on the workforce communication and engagement approaches, empowering our employees to work in new and different ways to help our people be the best they can be and deliver better outcomes for our citizens.

This role will work in partnership with a range of teams including communications, digital, data and technology and HR&OD championing our #TeamSalford approach.

You will work agilely, so be able to coordinate effectively with other teams and ensure your approach is connected to key council strategies, including the council’s communications strategy.
 
You will be working on a high profile 12-18 month project and will be responsible for developing and delivering a communications and engagement plan to embed this project and engage colleagues. This will include leading and developing employee engagement methods such as strong leadership communications, stakeholder sessions, user testing, systems training and feedback forums.

Learn, grow and develop as a leader
At Salford we’re committed to supporting our leaders to grow and from day one we’ll support you to succeed as a Salford leader through ongoing learning and development. This will include some core #LeadingSalford development and an immediate opportunity to gain a relevant leadership qualification. You can find out more here https://greater.jobs/sss/salford-city-council/leadingsalford/ 
 
About the recruiting process
Please apply with a CV and supporting statement (no more than 4 sides of A4) demonstrating how you meet the requirements of the role and what you personally bring. Please refer to the role profile to create your supporting statement.

We are a values based organisation so our interviews will be values based and take place on either Monday 13th or Tuesday 14th January 2020.

#HappyToTalkFlexibleWorking
 
Welcome Letter.docx
Role Profile.docx
Working for Salford.pdf

About your benefits
You will be welcomed into a friendly environment and have the opportunity to work and grow in a values based organisation where people are at the heart of everything we do. We promote a positive permission culture, empowering you to make a difference. Your opinions matter to us and you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things through our Salford 100 employee group and our employee led redesign approach. Your work-life balance and wellbeing are important to us so you will have access to a range of benefits including flexible working, green travel, pension and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition to this we offer a range of health and wellbeing options to suit your needs.

Continuous service commitment
New employees can now keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others.

Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer and a Stonewall Diversity Champion. We understand how hard it can be to combine caring for a loved one with work so we aim to provide support and flexibility to balance family and caring responsibilities with work https://greater.jobs/content/9189/diversity-and-inclusion

Our core data protection obligations and commitments are set out in the council’s primary Recruitment and Employment Privacy Notice which can be found at https://www.salford.gov.uk/gdpr  .