Communications Officer

2 weeks ago


Leeds, United Kingdom Leeds City Council Full time

**Communications Officer - Vision Zero**

**(Policing & Crime) PEP/P7**

**Grade 7 | Salary £37,984**

**Permanent Linked to Funding**

**Full Time (37 hours pw)**

**Applications for part time/job share will be considered.**

**Location: Leeds City Centre / Hybrid**

**Closing Date - 03 December 2023**
- Do you want to work for an organisation that **values you as an individual?**:

- An organisation that will **support your professional development**?
- What about an organisation that has **Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at the heart of everything** that it does?
- How about an organisation that does **all these things and more**?
- Yes? Then look no further than the** West Yorkshire Combined Authority** Listen to what our staff say on our 'Life at West Yorkshire Combined Authority' webpage.

It is an exciting time to be joining the Mayoral Combined Authority. We have a wide variety of exciting projects that we are working on which will help shape the West Yorkshire region.

Are you interested in helping to reduce road deaths across West Yorkshire, with an ambition of zero fatalities by 2040? Working with partners on campaigns and communications aimed at making our roads safer and influencing behaviour change?

Combined with working within a team that deals with high profile breaking stories that impact residents across West Yorkshire and potentially have a national impact?

Working to develop a full Communications Strategy to support the overall Vision Zero Strategy as we increase the relevance of road safety messaging to different groups, supporting positive behaviour change.

Do you want to help make this difference?

An opportunity has opened up within the Policing and Crime team and it may be just the job for you.

The communications role will run until 31 March 2025. It will involve working with partners on communicating the Vision Zero strategy to the public of West Yorkshire, writing impactful press releases, dealing with press queries around road safety, getting involved in drafting briefings for the Mayor and Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime on all things road safety and involving policing and community safety.

You will work with your counterparts in the wider Corporate Communications function and get involved in with the press office, marketing, campaigns and digital.

The Policing and Crime team is made up of one Communications Manager and two press officers, who all work closely together to deliver on the communications for the Mayor Tracy Brabin and her Deputy Alison Lowe, through a variety of mediums ongoing work highlighted in the Police and Crime Plan which you can view here. police-and-crime-plan-online-version.pdf (westyorks-ca.gov.uk)

Working under pressure, juggling multiple deadlines, working well with others, this job could be a perfect development opportunity if you want to develop your writing skills further.

You will develop your sense of news and current affairs as well as build relationships with partners including West Yorkshire Police, local authority communication leads, West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue and commissioned partners.

Due to the nature of the role, this position will involve a degree of flexibility, such as involvement in an out of hours rota and occasional travel with the Mayor or Deputy Mayor for media engagements and visits.

To find out more about the work the Combined Authority is involved with take a look at our latest news stories.

**The Role**:
Reporting into **Policing and Crime Communications Manager **your key responsibilities will include:

- Leading the Vision Zero Communications sub group whose direction is set by the Vision Zero Executive Board.
- Producing and updating a Vision Zero website, developing social media accounts and growing reach and influence by creating and managing social media messages and campaigns.
- Managing press opportunities, and evaluation of communications work to gauge the impact and relevance of behaviour change messaging.
- Managing strategic communication partnerships with local authorities and partners around road safety.
- Communicate the outcomes of police operations to raise awareness and deter dangerous driving behaviours, changes to legislation and the Highway Code and relevant consultations.
- Produce a Communications Strategy for West Yorkshire Safe Roads
- Being involved in breaking national news stories on Policing and Crime that have a local element Part an exciting environment where two days are never the same, involving helping with press conferences, strategy launches, community events, working with West Yorkshire Police and partners on joint communications
- Writing press releases, scripts for the Mayor and Deputy for social media and videos, feeding into briefings on areas of work for Message the Mayor radio show, newspaper and broadcast interviews
- Creating the staff internal newsletter around work being done in Policing and Crime team
- Building relationships with colleagues in Commissionin



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