Internal Communications and Change Officer

3 days ago

Portsmouth, United Kingdom Portsmouth City Council Full time

**Internal Communications and change officer - secondment/fixed term contract for up to 1 year due to funding**

**Salary: Band**: 8, £33,945 - £36,647 p.a.

37 hours per week

Portsmouth City Council has an exciting opportunity for a talented internal communication and change professional to ensure internal stakeholders are well-informed, engaged, and that change is managed effectively within the organisation.

If you have experience of developing and implementing innovative, creative internal communications campaigns and supporting organisational change, then we would love to hear from you.

**Portsmouth City Council**

At Portsmouth City Council we're all about developing our staff, because we want to build a bigger and better city but we need the best employees to do so.

With a little over 207,000 residents and 7,000 businesses throughout this city, this unitary authority's main goal is to ensure the best care and development of all those within the city. From customer service to multi-million pound projects, our residents are at the heart of everything we do.

**Your New Role**

In this role you will join a small internal team where you will play a key part in delivering the council's internal communications and change strategy at a time of significant cultural change for the authority. This post will focus on the people side of change, including stakeholder engagement, building effective communication plans, as well as supporting the organisation to adopt changes to working practices.

You will contribute to the delivery of engaging communication and effective change management plans supporting council wide strategic priorities and change programmes. You will have specific responsibility for change and internal communication for the council's digital strategy and initiatives. In addition, you will be responsible for creating and maintaining clear internal communications and change project plans, ensure internal communications and change activity is effectively researched and evaluated. You will work on a hybrid basis, based in the council's civic offices headquarters, in the heart of Portsmouth's city centre.

**_This post is politically restricted under the terms of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989. _**

**For full details on the role please click **here **.**

**What you'll need to succeed**

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**What you'll get in return**

We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:

- Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
- A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
- Flexible working hours.
- Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
- Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
- Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
- Discounts on a wide range of goods and services - access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.

**Application process**:
You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

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