Communications Executive

We are looking for a collaborative, creative and people-focussed communications executive to join our communications team – helping us to deliver meaningful communications that champion our vision, our values and culture.

It’s an exciting, wide-ranging role with an emphasis on delivering effective internal communications and ensuring our Civic team at all levels, across all locations and services have a voice, and our culture and values are brought to life. You’ll play an important role in engaging teams in our ‘Conscience’, and sharing the stories of the great work they do as a team of system thinkers.

Predominantly focussed on internal communications and awards submissions, you will also work closely with our senior communications executive and senior communications manager on external communications, including creating and delivering engaging website stories and awards submissions.

Key elements of the job

• Supporting our senior communications manager and director of communications and culture, you will assist with the delivery of our internal and external communications across Civic
• Help create and deliver brilliant, creative and engaging campaigns and content that support our vision, both internally and externally
• Review and maintain our internal communication channel matrix, making recommendations for how we can improve
• Adopting a key listening role, source, produce, plan and identify opportunities to create content that supports employee engagement and promotes vision, values, culture and  voices of our team
• Working in partnership with our People & Culture team, come up with ideas for internal communications initiatives and help to deliver them eg Away Days, awareness weeks
• Co-ordinating the production of our internal newspaper, including writing content for it
• Co-ordinate an awards calendar, identify awards opportunities and draft awards submissions.
• Support ad hoc website administration, including creating and presenting content, providing analytics and any necessary development and administration linked to the site
• Assist with any necessary marketing administration.

Key Skills / Competencies

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Minimum of 3 years experience in fast paced communications environment working across all aspects of internal and external communications
• Experience of creating engaging written communications for a variety of purposes from news stories to opinion pieces to website content.
• Ability to spot news angles, interesting hooks and digest information quickly.
• Proven ability to work with people at all levels.

Is this you?

• You’ll have excellent interpersonal skills, be highly visible and good at building relationships and working closely across locations and disciplines with people at all levels.
• You’ll absorb information quickly, be able to spot news angles and interesting hooks. Highly creative, you will be able to work independently, with a focus on delivery and impact.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills are a given.
• Experience of digital marketing/social media is desirable
• Outstanding writing skills, with a flair for breaking down complex issues to produce compelling and accessible content that can be used for a variety of purposes.
• Self-starter, with an ability to project manage multiple tasks, changing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work as part of a team and across teams.
• Maintain awareness of industry focus and national events.

More than just a rewarding experience!

Alongside an outstanding work environment, we offer:

• A market competitive salary (regularly reviewed, revised and updated)
• Flexible, Hybrid Working (Our Better Normal model of work can be as unique as you are!)

Small steps to a great journey!

Curious to find out more?

Then please contact us for a confidential chat with our team. 

Send your CV or even just a small introduction to us at recruitment@team-civic.com and we will get back to you.