Communications Officer - Transport & Sustainability

Job description

Salary: £43,003 to £49,131

Grade: Level 4 Zone 1

Location: Hybrid/ 5 Pancras Square

Permanent/ Full Time

Closing Date:Sunday 9th June 2024 23:59

About Camden

Camden is changing on the inside to make life better for everyone. Our residents and communities are at the heart of everything we do. We're home to the most important conversations happening today and we're making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind. Here's where you can help decide a better future for us all. If you're ready to contribute to building safer, healthier, and more enjoyable places to live and work, this role is for you.

How You'll Be Involved

Are you passionate about shaping vibrant, safe, and healthy communities? We're looking for someone to join our team, collaborating with the Transport Strategy Service to drive forward Safe and Healthy Street Schemes across Camden. In addition to this, you'll work closely with the Environment and Sustainability Division, tackling a variety of communication needs. With a schedule split between Transport Strategy projects and broader divisional work, you'll have the opportunity to make a tangible difference. As a key player in corporate priority campaigns, you'll craft evidence-based communication plans, utilizing your expertise in marketing, digital media, and video production. Your creativity will shine as you develop innovative materials aligned with our vision for the borough - We Make Camden. Reporting to the Transport Strategy Communications Lead, you'll be at the forefront of engaging residents and stakeholders, fostering dialogue around street transformations and broader sustainability initiatives.

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All About You

You should possess a broad spectrum of communication expertise and a deep understanding of all channels and formats for communications including digital, print and marketing. You can demonstrate a proven track record in executing evidence-based campaigns and effectively measuring their impact. Additionally, you should have experience managing multiple projects with competing priorities simultaneously.

A degree-level qualification or equivalent work experience is required. You should also have experience providing strategic communications advice to senior officers, and elected officials. Collaboration with external partners and stakeholders is a key aspect of the role, requiring the ability to identify new opportunities for communication.

You'll need political awareness and sound judgment to support working with stakeholders. Excellent oral and written communication skills are crucial for effectively conveying messages and ideas across various platforms.

To find out more about what it is like to work at Camden, meet some of our People by visiting 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/our-stories'.

What We Offer

At Camden, you'll receive a host of benefits. From flexible working to 27 days annual leave (+ bank holidays!). We also know that a work life balance is extremely important so we also offer family leave, loan schemes and access to our incredible staff networks. We also have an incredible pensions scheme.

Visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' for more details.

Inclusion and Diversity

We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit https://www.camdenjobs.co.uk/inclusion-and-diversity

Asking for Adjustments

Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at [email protected] or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG,

Anonymised Application - in keeping with Camden's commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.