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Communications Specialist

4 months ago


West Midlands, United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Full time

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

- 273237**Salary**:

- £30,317 - £36,606- National: £30,317 - £32,803, London: £33,827 - £36,606. For details of our pay on appointment policy, please see below under the heading ‘Salary’**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Fixed Term
- Loan
- Secondment**Length of employment**:

- 24 months**Business area**:

- DEFRA - S&C - Communications - Communications**Type of role**:

- Communications / Marketing**Working pattern**:

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

- 3Contents

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About the job

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- East Midlands (England), East of England, North East England, North West England, South East England, South West England, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the HumberAbout the job

**Job summary**:
We are recruiting three Communications Specialists within Defra Group Communications, working within Operations and Local Communications National Strategic Communications team facing into the Environment Agency.

Reporting into the Communications Manager, each role will support the delivery of the Environment Agency’s 2025 strategy to deliver a nation resilient to climate change, a sustainable future, green growth and healthy air land and water.

Working closely with colleagues in hub teams, media, campaigns, digital, brand, strategy, and internal comms, you will support the content development for a range of channels as well as evaluation and reporting.

Developing a strong and trusting relationship with your peers and clients, you’ll work closely with other Communications Specialists to make sure that jointly you are delivering against Defra’s Communications Strategy 22/23.

These roles are for a fixed term of 24 months.

Communications Specialists working within the strategic communications team can be based in any Defra office in the country.

Whilst every effort is made to keep travel to a minimum, post holders will be expected to travel to attend national meetings.

Post holders will be expected to be part of a 24/7 media service rota and undertake an incident role.

**Base location**: Flexible within England, based at a Defra office.

**Job description**:

- Supporting communications managers and specialists with specific communications plans and programmes, for example, drafting communications plans, and developing content for use in press releases and on social media.
- Playing an active role in the incident communications response by drafting, agreeing and delivering messages via agreed channels/processes.
- Providing strategic communications advice to clients, including guidance on brand identity and publishing.
- Producing regular evaluation reports on communications activity, supporting continuous improvement within the team by highlighting lessons learnt / areas where improvements could be made
- Managing shared mailboxes.

**Person specification**:

- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- The ability to quickly understand and distil complex information and translate it into plain English.
- The ability to contribute to the design of communications plans and campaigns that aim to change public behaviour.
- The creative skills necessary to produce innovative messaging and social media content.
- The resilience and organisational skills necessary to manage competing workloads under pressure.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Strategic communications
- Media and issues management

**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

**Blended Working**

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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.**Application Process**

When completing your Personal Statement please outline why you are interested in this position and what makes you suitable for the role.

**Sift**

**Interview**

A short presentation will be required as part of the interview process. Further details will be provided, if invited to interview.

Interviews will be conducted via MS Teams.

**Location**

**Reserve List**

A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.

**Salary**

**Visa Sponsorship Statement**

Please take note that Defra does not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker License sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship.

**Reasonable Adjustment**

If a per