Waste and Street Cleansing Communications Lead

In this varied role you will make a difference as the lead communications expert for all matters relating to the council’s waste and cleansing service, developing and delivering agreed media communications, campaign plans and service specific communication strategies. As well as delivering a frontline service, the team is responsible for a wide variety of projects both requiring ongoing communications support.

What will you be doing

• Liaising with council departments and partner agencies you will gather information quickly to respond to media enquiries and write proactive media, external relations and internal communications content. You will also conduct ongoing analysis of communications to improve the effectiveness of future campaigns.
• Working with senior officers you will undertake reputation management, both reactive and proactive, responding to media enquiries and undertaking copywriting of news releases and other materials. You will prepare specific social media content and respond to comments and digital content management.
• In the role you will determine budget requirements for communication campaigns and monitor spend, procuring communication equipment, materials and resource in line with procurement guidelines.
• As the subject expert, you will provide communication advice to project teams in the development of their plans and taking forward communication actions and supporting in the delivery of roadshows, community engagements and educational events.
• You will establish and maintain positive, proactive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders and will support partner engagement activities as required.

• It is essential that you hold a relevant professional or degree level qualification, or have proven experience in a communications, marketing or PR role delivering external communications campaigns.
• You must have experience of providing social marketing advice and consultancy to internal colleagues and external customers, interpreting project briefs and responding with appropriate campaign proposals.
• You must have experience in covering a range of audiences, format both print and online, and documents such as newsletters, leaflets, social media, reports, grant applications, complaint responses, web content and press releases.
• We require you to have experience of event management including organising public engagement sessions and experience of commissioning work from suppliers and photographers, overseeing their work.

• We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives, and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance.
• We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.
• As part of our benefits package you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities 
• We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work, and learn here.   

• We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of  
• We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life  
• We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.  

We’re making a difference, be part of it!