Senior Communications Officer

**Details**:
**Reference number**:
197361

**Salary**:
£41,500

The position will attract the relevant London weighting plus London DGMC GCN RRA Allowance of £3000 per annum

**Grade**:
Senior Executive Officer

**Contract type**:
Permanent

**Business area**:
MOD - Head Office & Corporate Services - Directorate of Defence Communications

**Type of role**:
Communications / Marketing

**Working pattern**:
Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time

**Number of posts**:
1

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Location

City of Westminster, London (region), SW1A 2HB

About the job

**Summary**:
The mission of the Directorate of Defence Communications (DDC) is to protect and enhance the reputation of the Dept and the Armed Forces both internally and externally, through influencing the understanding, activities and perceptions of domestic and international stakeholders and audiences.

The External Campaigns team is a crucial part of the delivery area of DDC, focused on designing and implementing longer term, proactive multi-channel campaigns on departmental priorities.

This post is advertised as 37 hours per week.

**Job description**:
This is one of three SEO posts in External Campaigns; this post will lead the ‘Innovation and Investment’ portfolio, working alongside the ‘People’ portfolio as part of the UK Armed Forces are a Force for Good at Home campaign area. The post holder will work closely with their portfolio counterparts in the Events, News and Strat Plans teams within DDC, representing Campaigns at ministerial meetings.

MOD currently operates a hybrid working model and you will be expected to work from our Whitehall offices for three out of five weekdays.

**Responsibilities**:
Key responsibilities:

- Lead and deliver the Force for Good: Innovation portfolio, evaluating activity at regular intervals and adjusting campaign planning as necessary.
- Collaborate with team members across Campaigns and Events to support the Force for Good: Innovation, Force For Good: People and Global Britain In Action campaign areas, ensuring that the HEOs have a broad understanding of all three portfolios. All three SEOs are expected to be able to operate across all areas as required/depending on prioritisation.
- Operate as part of a cross DDC team on this portfolio area, contributing to planning and co-ordinating delivery activities with Strat Plans and News colleagues.
- Represent the Campaigns team at ministerial level meetings.
- Work with the TLBs to identify comms opportunities, particularly DE&S and Dstl.
- Sell in feature stories and manage media interest from non-news channels.
- Ensure the delivery of creative, engaging, and innovative content on defence social media.

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

- Leadership
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
- Leadership
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Making Effective Decisions

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

- GCS Ideas
- GCS Implementation

**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension

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Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Please note: Interview travel expenses will not be reimbursed.

Posts based in London will attract the relevant London weighting

Things you need to know

**Security**:
See our vetting charter.

People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.

**Selection process details**:
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

There will be a sift and interview.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in th