Communications Officer

7 months ago


London, United Kingdom Government Office for Science Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 326960**Salary**:

- £31,120 - £37,260- National: £31,120 - £33,085 London: £34,410 - £37,260 This role attracts a £ 5,050 communications allowance**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- GO-Science**Type of role**:

- Communications / Marketing
- Press Relations**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, ManchesterAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The Government Office for Science works at the heart of Government, ensuring policies and decisions are informed by the best scientific evidence and strategic long-term thinking. It's an exciting time to join the organisation; we have outstanding and high-profile positions providing you an opportunity to inform and influence policy-making and the systems for use of science and engineering across government. If you are highly motivated and looking for your next career challenge we want to hear from you.

Our mission is:

- Science advice mechanisms that are efficient, effective, speak truth to power and are embedded irreversibly in Government systems.
- Visible impact through both pro-active and demand-led science advice that is relevant, excellent, and delivered fit for purpose.

Our values are:
Collaboration - We draw on the experience, skills and knowledge of individuals and partners to reach goals.

Kindness - We are always inclusive, respectful, and compassionate. We look out for one another on work related and non-work-related matters where appropriate.

Openness - We are curious and always open-minded to new ideas, ways of working and points of view, irrelevant of how unconventional they might seem or who suggests them.

Integrity - We commit to upholding the civil service value of integrity by remaining moral, honest, and transparent. We always strive to do the right thing.

Further information can be found here.

We maintain an internal surge capability of staff who may be called at short notice to support an activation of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE). Training and support will be provided. This is an excellent opportunity to develop crisis management skills.

**Job description**:
As part of the trusted and respected Communications team, you will advise the Government Chief Scientist and other key senior colleagues across a range of communications fields, using your influence and reach, as well as building strong networks across Whitehall. In addition, you will need to deliver against tight deadlines and across competing priorities.

You will work across external campaigns, digital and social media, partner engagement, event management and internal communications.

The role will support the Head of Communications and Communications Manager to deliver an ambitious programme of communications.

**Key Responsibilities**:
Responsibilities will include
- Implementing communications plans to increase brand awareness and recognition for the organisation, and monitor impact.
- Providing excellent media handling advice to the GCSA and the department and write UK press releases for local and national media.
- Facilitating detailed briefing, speaking points and Q&As for the GCSA and GOS to support events, announcements, publications.
- Producing digital content, including filming, photography and animation for both internal and external communications.
- Content creation for GOS social media channel.
- Monitoring press stories relating to the organisation and its brand and improving opportunities for positive coverage.
- Undertaking analysis of GOS partners, both inside and outside government.
- Ensuring all communications messages are consistent and kept under review.
- Managing aspects of the GOS budget, ensuring its use represents value for money
- Planking, editing and writing content for a variety of internal communications channels.

**Person specification**:
Skills required:

- Excellent communicator.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills and a demonstrable ability to simplify complex issues accurately while writing inclusively for different audiences and channels.
- Outstanding influencing skills and confidence to deal with senior people and colleagues.
- Ability to identify and follow through on opportunities and developing creative proposals.
- Excellent project management and organisation skills and the ability to plan and prioritise work.
- Video and photography skills.
- Knowledge and experience of running social media campaigns and building engagement.
- Experience working on content management systems
- Experience of managing work commissioned to external designers and developers.
- Effective evaluator - able to reflect upon and evaluate the success or otherwise of our communications activities.

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