Corporate Communications Officer
Oldham Council
Ref: 000865
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £33,366 - £37,035 per annum (Grade 6)
Hours: 36.66 per week
Location: Spindles Shopping Centre, West Street, Oldham, OL1 1LF
Closing Date: Sunday 6th July 2025
Shortlisting and Interview Dates: TBC.
Role Overview:
Do you have a genuine passion for communications? Do you want to step out of your comfort zone and be at the heart of a fast-paced team responsible for keeping our residents and staff up to date with all the latest information? Then we could have just the role for you!
We’re on the lookout for a motivated and confident Corporate Communications Officer to work closely with the Senior Communications Manager and the wider team to further boost the success of our internal communications and corporate communication functions.
Our staff are the representatives for all the services and interactions we have with local communities, and you will play a crucial part in ensuring our people feel connected and engaged through storytelling and culture change projects.
It’s an exciting time to join the team at Oldham Council with lots of exciting transformation happening across the borough and great opportunities to get creative, shape the narrative and make a real difference to the lives of our residents and teams.
If you’re a highly organised, dynamic, people person who’s looking for the next step up with either previous agency or in-house experience please get in touch today!
Key Responsibilities:
To deliver high-quality core products and outputs across internal and external corporate communications, which meet strategic objectives
To support development and delivery of modern, proactive and creative multi-channel communications strategies to achieve corporate objectives and priorities, and to lead development of specific campaigns end-to-end working with colleagues such as HR/OD, Democratic Services and other services.
Work with the Corporate Communications Manager to develop and deliver an effective internal communications strategy that embeds values and behaviours and achieves agreed objectives
To use staff and customer insight to shape effective messaging and activity, and use evaluation techniques to monitor success of activity and return on investment on all spend, undertaking ongoing monitoring, evaluation and producing reports as required.
To deliver internal and external communications products, undertaking planning, research, copywriting and production of internal and external e-newsletters, intranet content, video content, photography and offline communications products as required, maintaining a high standard of quality and accuracy
To support and where appropriate lead event management including planning, project management, internal and external stakeholder liaison, organisation and all elements of delivery including administrative tasks, budget, data management and in-person presence and involvement at events
To work effectively with Communications service colleagues to commission, co-develop and create high quality communications content and products
Key Requirements:
Experience of delivering internal communications content, products and campaigns in-house for a large, complex organisation in the public sector and/or private sector.
Ability to deliver a range of core communications activities including copywriting, video content, events.
Skilled at implementing key digital / online communications products such as e-newsletter software and databases.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and therefore expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
About Us:
We want Oldham to have vibrant, safe neighbourhoods where people are proud to live with opportunities for healthier, more fulfilled lives; and a sustainable, thriving economy. As we look to the future, the challenges may be significant, but so are the opportunities. We’ve identified three missions with our residents and partners, focusing on what will deliver the biggest impact:
A Great Place to Live, Healthier, Happier Lives, and Green and Growing.
We’re looking for candidates who will support us to achieve our ambitions and we encourage you to download our Corporate Plan: Ready for the Future and our Oldham Plan for further information.
Our Values and Behaviours:
By driving innovation, investing in our people, and championing our communities, we will ensure that Oldham continues to be a place where everyone can live their best life. To support this, we have three core values which define who we are and how we operate. These are ‘Proud, Ambitious, and Together’, and they shape our culture, inform our decisions, and inspire us to deliver on our commitments to the people of Oldham.
We have translated these values into five behaviours which guide our actions and are the standards we hold ourselves to, day in and day out:
Work with a resident focus
Support local leaders
Committed to the borough
Delivery high performance
Take ownership and drive change
You can find out more about our values and behaviours on our greater.jobs Oldham page
Our Benefits Package:
At Oldham Council we offer a great benefits package for our employees, which includes the following:
25 days annual leave which increases after 5 and 10-years’ service
The option to purchase additional annual leave.
An attractive LGPS benefit pension scheme with the option to make shared cost additional voluntary contributions.
Discounted gym membership with Oldham Active.
Staff discount scheme for shopping, entertainment, eating-out, eating-in, travel, motoring and more.
Salary sacrifice scheme for home and electronics and Cycle to Work.
Wellbeing support, including a Mental Health First Aider network and an Employment Assistance Programme that provides 24 hours access to advice and support.
Staff recognition and celebration events.
Peer support groups
Inclusive Recruitment:
We work closely with employees to help them work at their best, including making adjustments such as flexible working, describing available working patterns, providing equipment or making changes to the workplace.
If you’re an applicant with disabilities, anyone aged 24 or under and have previously been in or currently in care, a carer or someone who has served in the Armed Forces and you meet the essential criteria of the role, you are guaranteed to reach the first stage of assessment under our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme.
