Assistant Communications Officer

**Details**:
**Reference number**:
192986

**Salary**:
£27,200

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

**Grade**:
Executive Officer

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**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**:
Summary As one of the largest Whitehall departments, the MOD employs over 250,000 people located around the globe including Armed Forces personnel, civil servants, contractors and other civilians. A strong and high-performing IC function is critical to our success.

This is an exciting time to join MOD’s evolving and dynamic Internal Communications team. Defence has recently outlined its strategy moving forward until 2030 and internal communications is central to delivering key messages to all personnel.

You will work to support the team to develop high quality campaigns, materials, and activities that engage and inform the diverse mix of Defence employees, and support the delivery of organisational priorities. You will make use of a full range of channels including: intranet content, social media, internal digital platforms, blogs, face-to-face events, video, and management briefs.

You will work closely with your counterparts across the whole of Defence, as well as other parts of Directorate of Defence Communications (DDC) - such as News, External Campaigns, and Strategy/Plans - to coordinate materials and activity.

DDC delivers strategic communications based around robust insight, clear objectives, proactive digital delivery, and dynamic evaluation. Your role will be key to the success of the internal communications efforts across Defence.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week

**Job description**:
Accountabilities This role reports to a Senior Communications Officer (IC) within the Directorate of Defence Communications.

You will have experience in a communications discipline such as internal communications, press, PR, marketing, and/or stakeholder communications. You will be able to work flexibly, effectively, and creatively with staff at all levels, sometimes under pressure. You will also have excellent communication skills, written, and oral.

You must possess the Government Communication Service (GCS)/Civil Service behaviours to EO/AIO level. The summary below is not exhaustive and you are advised to examine the full version of the GCS Professional Competency Framework here:
The GCS framework highlights relevant competencies from the Civil Service Behaviours that should also form part of your abilities.

**Responsibilities**:
Responsibilities Key responsibilities

You will support the team in the development of internal communication campaigns, materials, and activities that engage Defence employees and support organisational change, built upon the four ‘Engage for Success’ enablers (vision and leadership; engaging managers; hearing staff voice; and organisational integrity).

You will demonstrate knowledge of internal communication/digital/social media channels and methods, an excellent grasp of the entirety of Defence communications, and will have the confidence and ability to build and maintain good relationships with a wide range of people at all grades and ranks. You should have excellent writing ability and strong interpersonal skills.

Specifically, you are expected to:

- Take a lead role in supporting and enhancing the audience research and insight methods and dashboards for team.
- Evaluate internal communications activity to ensure objectives are met and that leaders understand the business benefits.
- Support the team in delivering and creating content for high-profile internal communications campaigns that support behaviour change.
- Provide high quality strategic advice that is: evidenced; engagement focused; and provides constructive challenge to the department to ensure communication is relevant, necessary, and coherent.
- Champion the use of the most effective tools and channels for reaching the audience, utilising digital tools where appropriate.
- Work on your own annual campaigns to encourage behaviour change.

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

- Working Together
- Leadership
- Making Effective Decisions
- Delivering at Pace
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing

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

- GCS Competencies Ideas: Core

**Benefits**:

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

Please be advised that the Department is con