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Communication and Engagement Lead
City Of Manchester, Greater Manchester | £350 - £450 | Contract
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Craig Russell
Contract
Call 0131 510 1500
Communications and Engagement Lead
3 months contract with view to extend long-term
£350-450 per day
OUTSIDE IR35
Hybrid Mancehster
Immediate requirement with a notable organisation based in Manchester. We're looking for an experienced Communications professional to support critical work both internally, and for their external partners.
Interviews are being scheduled asap with an immediate start date.
Role Duties
- Provide day-to-day support on stakeholder engagement and public relations, including events, speaking opportunities, correspondence, database management, preparing briefings, external newsletter etc
- Jointly manage the Communications and Engagement Grid
- Manage projects/campaigns (internally and externally) as directed to support delivery of their business plan
- Act as press/media officer, including as part of their on-call rota for press enquiries and daily media monitoring
- Support the Stakeholder Manager in political and social media monitoring, ensuring insight/intelligence informs communication and engagement activities
- Act as Comms Business Partner to designated teams providing support/guidance to deliver comms/engagement plans and campaigns as directed
Skills and experience
- Substantial experience in managing effective public affairs and engagement activities including media relations, social media, internal communications, stakeholder engagement, conference and events and e-communications.
- Substantial experience of establishing effective working relationships with stakeholders and the media.
- Proven ability to deal with a wide cross section of stakeholders and partners effectively, clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing.
- Strong analytical skills, based on systems, models and metrics relevant to content & media management services provision.
- Up to date knowledge of external issues (legislative, regulatory, best practice standards etc.) that affect content & media management services provision.
- Substantial experience of working in a multi-channel Communications/ Corporate Engagement role
- Significant experience of producing high quality content across multiple channels with the evidenced ability to translate complex issues into appropriate formats for target audiences.
- Experience of devising and delivering Communications/ Corporate Engagement campaigns to support key organisational priorities.
- Proven ability to evaluate Communications/ Corporate Engagement campaigns and to analyse, manipulate and report on such data and intelligence.
- Experience of using relevant digital channels and associated software e.g. social media, newsletter production/distribution and associated analytics/reporting
- Meticulous attention to detail and strong problem solving skills
Please apply where applicable or reach out to Craig for more information.
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