Communications & Marketing Officer - Sc Cleared

**Communications & Marketing Officer**

**Inside IR35**

**Contract Term**:7 months

**Contracting Authority**:The Home Office

**Location**:Hybrid (2 days from the London or Cambridge office. Remainder remote / WFH)

The first duty of Government is to protect the public. Since 1782, the Home Office has led work to keep the country safe from those who seek to do it harm; in doing so, we make a vital contribution to HM Government’s plan for a stronger, fairer, outward-looking and united Britain.

The Home Office covers three systems: Homeland Security, Public Safety and Borders, and Immigration and Citizenship. These systems work collaboratively to deliver our cross-cutting priorities, whilst providing increasingly efficient and secure services for the public. These are difficult areas that can rapidly change in the global environment we work in - this makes us one of the most exciting and stimulating government departments in which to work.

**The role**:

- The Joint Security and Resilience Centre (JSaRC) is a unique team of Civil Servants and secondees from across the security sector, whose focus is on engaging and connecting the security industry with Government to provide security outcomes for keeping our citizens, infrastructure, borders and country safe.
- JSaRC is seeking a competent and experienced Marketing and Communications Officer (contractor) to develop and deliver a range of campaigns and communications in support of its busy programme of work. This will include delivery of high quality internal and external communications.

**The person**:

- The role requires campaign delivery experience, significant stakeholder engagement skills and an excellent standard of written and verbal communication skills.

**As a Communications & Marketing Officer your main responsibilities would be**:

- Content creation and implementation for the JSaRC’s website using a simple content management system
- Development, co-ordination and delivery of a range of communications and marketing initiatives in support of JSaRC’s work programme. The work programme consists of 10-12 live initiatives at any time, these will be allocated across the marketing team based on skills, resources and expertise.
- For all allocated projects and work, the role holder will be required to create, maintain and report accurate records in relation to overall project statuses, including but not limited to budget, timelines, milestones, dependencies, risks and governance.

**You’ll have relevant experience in**:

- Skilled marketing operative, with experience of developing and delivering campaigns and communications initiatives within the public sector / Commercial organisations.
- Demonstrable skills in stakeholder engagement, managing competing priorities and clear expectation management
- Ability to take on a visible role - managing several initiatives and liaising regularly with colleagues from JSaRC’s Delivery and International teams, as well as more widely across the directorate.
- Excellent IT skills - MS Office skills are mandatory, and experience of using CMS and CRM are desirable, although training can be provided for a digitally confident person.
- Confident and clear communicator - regular presentations and reporting will be required.
- SC Security Clearance is essential for this role.

**Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.**

**If you consider yourself to have a disability or if you are a veteran, and you meet the essential criteria for the role, PSR provides a ‘Guaranteed Interview’ scheme whereby you will have the opportunity to discuss this role and your suitability with a member of our PSR Sourcing team.**

***- Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas._