About the role
Thrive on deadlines? Come and be our Media Officer. Cambridgeshire County Council's Communications Team is responsible for Campaigns and Projects, Internal and Stakeholder Communications, News and External Affairs and Web and Digital. As our Media Officer, you will be the primary point of contact for most of our daily media enquiries.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Christine Birchall – Head of Communications on 07468 718879, Christine.birchall@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or Simon Cobby, Communications Manager News & External affairs 07967 090284 simon.cobby@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Closing date Friday, September 15th at 5pm
Interviews to take place Wednesday: September 27th
What we offer:
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
38 days holiday (including a minimum of 27 days annual leave + 8 bank holiday and three occasional days)
Hybrid working – with 2-3 days office based
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
Local Government pension scheme.
What will you be doing?
You will support the team in disseminating news and media coverage about CCC via all key communications channels. Working within our highly regarded News & External Affairs team, you will produce external-facing content for media, our news website, as well as various other platforms (e.g. blogs and social media). You will be responsible for developing updates and impact reports on news issues for Members and officers, and responding to requests from local, regional, national and trade media, as well as arranging interviews and media training for CCC spokespeople.
About you
To do this job you will need experience of working in a busy press office environment, both in normal working hours and out of hours. You will understand the workings of external media (print, broadcast, online and social) and working to deadlines. You will have experience of using media and web content management systems, social media platforms, as well as using image editing software. You will need the ability to spot a good story, convey a subject matter concisely and in a compelling way to a wide range of audiences. This will include, strong writing skills, and the ability to communicate appropriately and effectively in person. You will be able to establish priorities and manage multiple activities to meet organisational priorities.
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
- Flexible working
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
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