Communications Officer

5 months ago


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

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

- 347221**Salary**:

- £32,136 - £34,546- National: £32,136-34,546. For details of our pay on appointment policy, please see below under the heading ‘Salary’.- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DEFRA - Strategy - Communications**Type of role**:

- Communications / Marketing**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Leeds, YorkAbout the job

**Job summary**:
We are recruiting a Communications Officer within Defra Group Communications, working for our Operations and Local Communications team.

Operational and Local Communications teams plan, deliver and evaluate strategic communications activity to help Defra, the Environment Agency, Natural England, Forestry Commission and the Animal and Plant Health Agency deliver their organisational priorities. They also help to identify, plan for, and respond to incidents and high-risk reputational issues such as flooding, pollution, and disease outbreaks.

Area communications teams work closely with operational delivery teams and other specialist communications teams to advise on, plan, and deliver communications activities that support behaviour change, warning and informing, and reputation management.

You will need to be able to develop good relationships with a wide range of staff and be a strong communicator. You'll be confident working across a range of channels and have experience in handling multiple streams of work simultaneously. You’ll also have a passion for evaluation and be able to utilise evaluation tools to gather data and insights to support the team in showcasing the work we deliver.

**Job description**:
Communications Officers lead on the development and delivery of communications plans in support of organisational priorities, contributing throughout the lifespan of communications projects. This will routinely involve:

- Horizon scanning and identification of risks and opportunities
- Agreeing communications objectives
- Designing and developing messaging and content, including press releases and high-impact social media content
- Managing journalists and social media accounts
- Responding to media requests
- Briefing spokespeople and supporting them during interviews
- Evaluating and reporting on communications activities
- Participating in incident response activities, including contributing to an out-of-hours duty rota.

**Person specification**:

- Developing and delivering communications plans, including evaluation
- Working well under pressure and meeting tight deadlines
- Working flexibly across a number of different priorities
- Responding to reactive media enquiries, drafting and issuing media statements
- Creating innovative social media content and contributing to the design of communications plans and campaigns that aim to change public behaviour
- Giving advice and guidance on brand identity and publishing
- Tactical delivery across a range of communications channels including campaigning, internal communications, broadcast, social or print media
- Evaluating the impact and effectiveness of internal and external communications
- Building and maintaining relationships with key local customers and communications colleagues
- Displaying strong written and verbal communications skills
- Displaying a keen awareness of the current news, digital trends and political landscape.

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

- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
- Seeing the Big Picture

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £32,136, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs contributes £8,676 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.- 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%

Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:

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

**Sift**

For your personal statement, please provide detailed evidence of the criteria in the person specification.

Sift and interview dates, as well as the interview location, to be confirmed.

**Interview**

A presentation or additional exercise may also be assessed.

Sift and interview dates as well as the interview location to be confirmed.

**Location**

Successful applicants currently employed by the hiring Defra organisation for this post may choose to remain in their current contractua


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