Communications and Community Engagement Officer

Do you want to be part of a successful, dynamic, forward-thinking business?

Do you have a proactive approach and enjoy an engaging, fast-paced role?

As part of our continued growth, we now have an exciting new opportunity for a passionate and creative Communications and Community Engagement Officer to join Story Scotland, part of Story Contracting Ltd.

This role is based from our Blantyre office and you will be part of a UK-wide Communications and Engagement (C&E) team who strive for excellence in everything they do.

This role requires strong collaboration with internal teams, clients, and important external stakeholders. **Within the role, key responsibilities will include**:

- Supporting the delivery of social value commitments for Story’s clients in Scotland.
- Collating and reporting all social value and community engagement activity into multiple systems and trackers.
- Creating engaging communications content to promote Story’s engineering projects.
- Supporting clients with stakeholder engagement events within the community.
- Working with the C&E and People team to deliver early engagement initiatives with education providers to feed into Story’s early careers pipeline.
- Creating effective internal and external comms campaigns.
- Writing case studies for projects and social value initiatives.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a keen eye for detail.
- A proactive and creative mindset with strong organisational skills.
- The ability to quickly build relationships with operational teams, clients, partners and communities.
- Experience in a similar role, ready to contribute to the team and region's success.

**Benefits**

At Story Contracting, we invest in our people. We provide award-winning training and development opportunities for all employees to help you get to where you want to be in your career.

In addition to a competitive salary, pension (and company car/allowance). We show we care about our people by offering a health cash plan and wellbeing support to keep you fit and well - inside and outside of work.

Our agile working policy allows for a mixture of office and home working, and flexible working arrangements are available so that our people are engaged to give their best. Applications are welcomed for full-time and part-time working in this role.

We care about our communities too and offer our employees two paid volunteering days each year to spend as a team or individually.

**Why Story Contracting?**

Story Contracting is a privately-owned, award-winning infrastructure company who is financially secure and agile with a wide range of public, private and third sector clients who enjoy working with our talented and committed team. Our track record for delivery on time and to budget, safely and reliably, has meant repeat business from our clients, which is reflected in our motto of ‘Do It Right’

Our values are at the heart of everything we do - the way we work and the behaviours we display. We believe that this is what makes Story Contracting and our people exceptional.

**GROUNDED** - Everyone is equal at Story. We are down to earth and treat each other with respect.

**HARDWORKING** - We all pull our weight and work hard for each other.

**PROUD** - We are proud of our safety, our projects, our people, our clients and the success we create together.

**FAMILY** - We nurture, train, develop and keep our people safe, just like a family. We are inclusive and do the right thing for the business and its people.

**TRUSTED** - What we say is what we do. Our clients, our people and our communities trust us to do it right.

**WINNERS** - We are hungry for success and want to be the best performing contractor for our clients, our people and our communities.

**Every Story Matters**

We are proud to be a place where everyone can be part of the Story

As part of our pledge to eliminate discrimination and encourage diversity among our Story Team, our ‘Every Story’ policy ensures all employees are a part of a diverse environment and always feel included.

All applicants will receive careful consideration for employment regardless of who you are, where you come from or what you believe in.

Think you’d be a good fit?

Successful applicants will be contacted shortly after the closing date.