Assistant Communications Officer

2 weeks ago


Abbey Wood, United Kingdom Cafcass Full time

We are recruiting for the role of **Assistant** **Communications Officer, **within our communications team covering work across the organisation.

We trust and empower colleagues to work in a hybrid way, providing the resources, equipment, and support, so that individually and collectively, we can be the voice of children and young people when the family court makes critical decisions about their futures.

**Whilst this role is part of a team based from our office in Central London, **our teams work flexibly and remotely, your proximity to the office doesn’t always have to be a critical consideration.

We provide extensive wellbeing support for colleagues, as well as excellent benefits, all of which we hope encourages you to join us.

**Let us tell you a bit more about the role**

You will support the delivery of core communications services across the four Government Communication Service (GCS) competencies of Insight; Ideas; Implementation; and Impact with exposure to all four core GCS disciplines of Press and Media; Digital; Marketing and Campaigns; and Internal Communications

As an **Assistant Communications Officer **you will be expected to:

- **
provide practical advice, help and support in the delivery of Cafcass Communications strategies with a particular focus on the internal communication activity but also supporting external activity**:

- ** undertake specific strands of project work as directed, including research activities, analysing and presenting information, liaison and negotiation with internal and external stakeholders and arranging meetings and briefings. Presenting findings in a confident and professional manner.**:

- ** Support the Communications Team in the planning, development of events (including research of venues, suppliers, speakers, securing quotes) and webinars.**:

- ** Work with and under the supervision of the Internal Communications Manager to develop the content for key internal communications for internal teams such as but not limited to HR, IT and Estates.**

The above is just a flavour of what the role entails and if you’re thinking of applying, we encourage you to read the full Job Description (which is available prior to applying) to gain a better understanding.

**and what we’re looking for.**
- ** Practical experience of working in a position within a professional environment or in a Communications environment, for example, a news, digital, design, print or publishing environment and or working in an internal/external stakeholder engagement environment.**:

- ** Ability to work on own initiative with mínimal instruction and on own projects with attention to detail and to agreed timescales.**:

- ** Excellent oral and writing skills with an understanding of what makes news - both inside and outside of Cafcass and capable of obtaining and writing up accurate and engaging copy for publication**.
- ** IT literate and understanding the importance of digital in communications.**

**Next steps / timelines**

Closing Date:

- 18-Apr-2023 23:59
- Panel Interview:

- 27th/ 28th April 2023

We understand that starting a new role is a big decision, and you may require further information before applying. You can find out more about the role in the Job Description and there is a wealth of information about Cafcass on our Cafcass Careers page.

If you wish to speak with a member of the team about more specific information you can contact from our HR Resourcing team, providing your contact information and best times / methods to get hold of you.

**We look forward to hearing from you.



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