Head of Comms, Marketing

**Contract**: Two-year fixed term contract
**Working Hours**: 37 per week*
**Salary**: Starting from £51,843 per annum
**Location**: Service Headquarters - Kelvedon Park*

*We are open to discuss working arrangements including flexibility over hours and location

**The Role**

We’re looking for a Head of Communications and Marketing to join Essex County Fire and Rescue Service on a two-year fixed term contract.

Our mission is to make Essex a safe place to live, work and travel and our communication and marketing activities and campaigns make a real difference to our communities.

**What You Will Be Working On**

You will help to deliver against the new communications and marketing strategy, manage our communication budget, and deliver against the Service’s annual plan and priorities.

You will also be expected to provide strategic communication leadership for the wider organisation.

Key areas of responsibility include corporate communications, marketing, digital content and digital transformation, crisis communications, and employee engagement and internal communications.

You will manage an established and talented team. This is a key aspect of the role, and you must be able to demonstrate a strong record of managing colleagues successfully through times of growth, challenge, and change.

You will be a key lead for our Essex Communicators Group network, as well as a member on the established “FirePRO” committee (a network for communication peers across all UK fire and rescue services).

**What Are We Looking For?**

We are looking for someone with a passion for engaging with both our employees and our communities, and the ability to develop collaborative partnerships and relationships with our key partners.

The role is varied and interesting, with the opportunity to make a positive and meaningful contribution to the work of one of the UKs leading Fire and Rescue Services.

**Eligibility**
- Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline
- Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) or Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) Diploma or Certificate and/or degree or professional qualification in public relations or equivalent.

**The Application Process**

If successfully shortlisted, you will be invited to take part in the following:
**Presentation** - we will ask you to prepare a presentation and present to the interview panel. The question for this will be set at least a week before the interview date.

**Interview** - The process will also include an interview with questions centred around our Service’s competency framework. We will send you a copy of this along with any invitation to interview. The presentation and interview stage should take no longer than one hour.

**Our Culture and Benefits**

Here at Essex County Fire and Rescue Service we are committed to prioritising and promoting the wellbeing of our employees. Some of our benefits include:

- Flexible working hours
- Remote working opportunities
- Wellbeing and counselling services
- Physiotherapy services
- Affiliation with the Blue Light Card scheme
- Generous annual leave
- Competitive pension scheme
- Career development opportunities

**Closing Date - 5pm, 3rd January 2023**
**Interview Date - TBC**

**About Us**
- Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

It is our policy to require all applicants for employment to disclose if you are currently being investigated by any regulatory body or have any decisions or sanctions pending or in progress in respect of your suitability to work for the Service.

You agree to inform the Service within 24 hours if you are subsequently investigated by any agency or organisation in relation to concerns about your behaviour towards children, young people or vulnerable adults.

The information you provide will be treated as strictly confidential and will be considered only in relation to the appointment for which you are applying.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 24 months

**Salary**: From £51,843.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in WITHAM

Application deadline: 03/01/2023
Reference ID: ME05-1622