Communications Officer (Maternity Cover of up to one year)
Ashfield District Council
Salary: £31,067 - £33,366 per annum
Contractual hours - 37
Basis: Fixed Term
Region: East Midlands
Closing date: 8 January 2025
Are you an experienced Communications professional who is passionate about creative and effective communications? Can you craft compelling and balanced communications for a variety of audiences internally and externally, including the media? If so, this is the role for you. Join us and help us tell our stories in a wide range of internal and external communications.
Ashfield District Council’s ambition is to be ‘Great’ across all our services. Our focus is to look forwards and make positive change. As a result, there are so many great things happening and stories to tell our residents, staff and stakeholders - from our ambitious events programme, to realising the delivery of huge levels of investment in regeneration of Ashfield.
This exciting role will play a key role in delivering our communications strategies and communicating our vision and ambitions across our various channels. Whilst the emphasis of the role is media, it also covers a wide variety of tasks to drive proactive communications and stakeholder engagement.
We’re raising our sights, looking to the stars – are you ambitious like us?
For full requirements of the role, please see the job description and person specification.
Please ensure you cover all points of the person specification when submitting your supporting statement.
For an informal chat about the role please contact Sarah Curtiss at sarah.curtiss@ashfield.gov.uk on 01623 457570.
To apply, please visit: www.ashfield.gov.uk
Canvassing of Members of the Council (directly or indirectly) for any appointment shall disqualify the candidate for that appointment. Applicants should disclose if they are related to a Member or Officer of the Authority.
Closing date: 8 January 2025
Interview date: 23 January 2025
Ashfield District Council is an Equal Opportunities employer
and welcomes applications from all sections of the Community.
