Communications Manager

We’re looking for a Communications Manager to be our all-round communications expert – ensuring high levels of public engagement and satisfaction with the Council and its services and protecting and improving our reputation.
About the role
Preparing and implementing our communications strategies and corporate narrative, you’ll be expected to build strong relationships across the Council to identify innovation, best practice and positive messages to promote to the media and residents.
Your responsibilities will include supporting the Chief Executive with internal and external messaging, leading and managing the Communications department team in delivering corporate communications services, arranging specialist training in communications and marketing for councillors and senior officers, and providing planning for media and public information management in the event of a major incident or smaller civil emergency.
About you
To succeed as Communications Manager, you’ll need experience at senior communications practitioner level in a large, complex organisation, covering both internal and external communications. You’ll be a great communicator yourself, with a track record that demonstrates skill in handling complex and highly time sensitive media, social media, public relations and, ideally, emergency planning communications issues. An understanding of policies and issues affecting local government, and of working with pa...