Corporate Communications Manager - Marketing
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 07 Mai 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £48,710.00 i £53,780.00 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 21 Mai 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Essex, Eastern England |
| Gweithio o bell: | Ar y safle yn unig |
| Cwmni: | Essex County Fire & Rescue Service |
| Math o swydd: | Dros dro |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | req301 |
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*We are open to discuss working arrangements including flexibility over hours and location, however the expectation is that, as a hybrid role your work will be balanced between home and Services facilities, and you will be expected to attend the Service premises for at least 3 days of a 5-day working week.
This role is a fixed-term opportunity. If the role is extended (or made permanent), the extension or permanent position may be offered to the successful applicant ahead of any further recruitment process.
The Role
We’re looking for a Corporate Communications Manager to join Essex County Fire and Rescue Service on a 12-month contract.
Our mission is to make Essex safer together and the way we communicate with our communities makes a real difference to achieving this.
We need a brilliant communicator who can manage a small team, producing engaging communications across a wide range of print and digital media for all our audiences.
If you think this role could be for you, you need to know that no two days in this role are the same.
You need to be a fast-paced thinker and confident individual who works to high standards and challenging deadlines.
Flexibility, a can-do attitude and the ability to develop excellent collaborative relationships with partners will all be second nature to you.
As part of a rota system that provides a 24/7 media service, you’ll also help report Service incidents to the press and the public via our website and social media.
What You Will Be Working On
As the Corporate Communications Manager, you will play a crucial role in supporting Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS) by managing and delivering external communications campaigns.
Your focus will be on promoting the Service’s objectives, raising awareness of our mission, and ensuring that our communications activities are impactful and effective.
Key Responsibilities:
· Manage external communications activities to promote ECFRS’s objectives.
· Develop and implement an annual external communications plan.
· Oversee the press office function, including out-of-hours rota for 24/7 coverage.
· Produce clear, accurate, and engaging content for various channels, including media releases, digital/social media, and traditional print/broadcast.
· Ensure all communications activities are delivered on time, on-brief, and fully evaluated.
· Lead the evaluation of communications and marketing campaigns to align with corporate objectives.
· Maintain great content across the Service’s website and social media channels.
· Manage and develop a team of Marketing Communications Officers.
· Ensure compliance with copyright legislation, Data Protection, and Freedom of Information Acts.
· Contribute to weekly and monthly planning and evaluation frameworks.
· Ensure a safe work environment and compliance with Health and Safety, Risk Management, Business Continuity, and Safeguarding policies.
What Are We Looking For?
We need you to have:
· Proven experience in a similar communications or marketing role.
· Strong project management skills with the ability to deliver campaigns on time and within budget.
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
· Experience in managing a press office function and handling media relations.
· Ability to produce high-quality content for various channels.
· Strong leadership skills with experience in managing and developing a team.
· Knowledge of copyright legislation, Data Protection, and Freedom of Information Acts.
· Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
· Commitment to making Essex a safer place through effective communication and marketing strategies.
Eligibility
· CIM (Chartered Institute of Marketing) Diploma or Certificate and/or degree or professional qualification in public relations or equivalent.
· Excellent communication and ‘people’ skills and ability to work as a team leader as well as team player.
· Proven track record in client-side, relationship management with external marketing communication agencies and internal and external stakeholders.
· Excellent writing skills and a proven track record in developing content across a range of mediums. Ability to translate complex and specialist documents into
compelling
and accessible content. Versatile writing style which can create a range of copy styles through to media releases and staff communications in plain English.
· Ability to deal with sensitive issues and brief into internal external audiences, including the media, partners, PFCC and political stakeholders as required.
· Experienced in a range of IT software packages (including Canva, In Design and website CMS and media editing software. Ability to self-learn new
technologies as required.
If you are an internal candidate, you must have discussed your application with your line manager and confirmed with them there are no outstanding issues of conduct or performance.
This will be verified prior to shortlisting.
This role is a fixed-term opportunity. If the role is extended (or made permanent), the extension or permanent position may be offered to the successful applicant ahead of any further recruitment process.
The Role
We’re looking for a Corporate Communications Manager to join Essex County Fire and Rescue Service on a 12-month contract.
Our mission is to make Essex safer together and the way we communicate with our communities makes a real difference to achieving this.
We need a brilliant communicator who can manage a small team, producing engaging communications across a wide range of print and digital media for all our audiences.
If you think this role could be for you, you need to know that no two days in this role are the same.
You need to be a fast-paced thinker and confident individual who works to high standards and challenging deadlines.
Flexibility, a can-do attitude and the ability to develop excellent collaborative relationships with partners will all be second nature to you.
As part of a rota system that provides a 24/7 media service, you’ll also help report Service incidents to the press and the public via our website and social media.
What You Will Be Working On
As the Corporate Communications Manager, you will play a crucial role in supporting Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS) by managing and delivering external communications campaigns.
Your focus will be on promoting the Service’s objectives, raising awareness of our mission, and ensuring that our communications activities are impactful and effective.
Key Responsibilities:
· Manage external communications activities to promote ECFRS’s objectives.
· Develop and implement an annual external communications plan.
· Oversee the press office function, including out-of-hours rota for 24/7 coverage.
· Produce clear, accurate, and engaging content for various channels, including media releases, digital/social media, and traditional print/broadcast.
· Ensure all communications activities are delivered on time, on-brief, and fully evaluated.
· Lead the evaluation of communications and marketing campaigns to align with corporate objectives.
· Maintain great content across the Service’s website and social media channels.
· Manage and develop a team of Marketing Communications Officers.
· Ensure compliance with copyright legislation, Data Protection, and Freedom of Information Acts.
· Contribute to weekly and monthly planning and evaluation frameworks.
· Ensure a safe work environment and compliance with Health and Safety, Risk Management, Business Continuity, and Safeguarding policies.
What Are We Looking For?
We need you to have:
· Proven experience in a similar communications or marketing role.
· Strong project management skills with the ability to deliver campaigns on time and within budget.
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
· Experience in managing a press office function and handling media relations.
· Ability to produce high-quality content for various channels.
· Strong leadership skills with experience in managing and developing a team.
· Knowledge of copyright legislation, Data Protection, and Freedom of Information Acts.
· Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
· Commitment to making Essex a safer place through effective communication and marketing strategies.
Eligibility
· CIM (Chartered Institute of Marketing) Diploma or Certificate and/or degree or professional qualification in public relations or equivalent.
· Excellent communication and ‘people’ skills and ability to work as a team leader as well as team player.
· Proven track record in client-side, relationship management with external marketing communication agencies and internal and external stakeholders.
· Excellent writing skills and a proven track record in developing content across a range of mediums. Ability to translate complex and specialist documents into
compelling
and accessible content. Versatile writing style which can create a range of copy styles through to media releases and staff communications in plain English.
· Ability to deal with sensitive issues and brief into internal external audiences, including the media, partners, PFCC and political stakeholders as required.
· Experienced in a range of IT software packages (including Canva, In Design and website CMS and media editing software. Ability to self-learn new
technologies as required.
If you are an internal candidate, you must have discussed your application with your line manager and confirmed with them there are no outstanding issues of conduct or performance.
This will be verified prior to shortlisting.
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