Sector Advocacy and Communications Officer

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom The National Archives Full time

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

- 352753**Salary**:

- £31,178- per annum- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- TNA - Public Engagement - Archive Sector Leadership**Type of role**:

- Communications / Marketing
- Other**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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Location
- London, London (region), TW9 4DUAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- The role of Sector Advocacy and Communications Officer is an exciting opportunity to help drive forward The National Archives’ engagement with the archive workforce across the country. Sitting within the Advocacy and Partnerships Team in the Archive Sector Leadership department and working closely with the central Marketing and Press teams, you’ll play a vital part in our external communications to the archives sector, explaining how we are delivering on the government’s vision for archives, Archives Unlocked.
- You’ll lead on our sector-facing social media and newsletters, making archive professionals aware of the latest professional news and the support that The National Archives can provide, including training, guidance and funding.
- In this role, you’ll project manage the creation of the department’s publications, which celebrate the work of archives across the country or provide more information on topics important to archive professionals. You’ll work closely with external designers and printers to ensure these publications are produced to a high standard.
- As Sector Advocacy and Communications Officer, you’ll also create content for the sector-facing part of our website (alongside the Digital Content Officer), get archives involved in communications campaigns and make use of opportunities to promote the department’s work across partner organisations’ channels.**Job description**:

- Full job description attached (see below).**Person specification**:
This is a full time post. However, requests for part-time working, flexible working and job share will be considered, taking into account at all times the operational needs of the Department. A combination of onsite and home working is available and applicants should expect to spend at least 60% of their working time at Kew.

**How to apply**:
You will be asked to provide details of your work experience and write a personal statement. In your personal statement please explain, using examples, how you meet the essential criteria given below. You may draw on knowledge, skills, abilities, experience gained from paid work, domestic responsibilities, education, leisure interests and voluntary activities. Please note selection for interview will largely be based on the information you provide in this section.

Essential criteria:

- Experience of developing communications plans and delivering them in a complex, cross-team environment
- Excellent communication skills, an engaging and versatile written style and first-class proofing skills
- Experience of producing and editing e-bulletins, blogs and social media content
- Experience of web-editing and an ability to write and design content for online presentation
- Experience of working with external designers and printers to develop printed materials such as publications or collateral
- Ability to work collaboratively across the organisation with a wide range of colleagues and stakeholders to deliver departmental and corporate priorities
- Demonstrable track record of prioritising a busy workload and driving the delivery of outputs to often tight deadlines

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £31,178, The National Archives contributes £8,418 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.- Generous benefits package, including pension, sports and social club facilities, onsite gym, discounted rates at our on-site cafe and opportunities for training and development.

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**Selection process details**:
Reasonable adjustments:
If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:
- People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (E

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