Communications Officer

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