Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Content and Communications Officer

Chesterfield Court House, VA (Hybrid)

£37K/yr – £43K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 10 days ago

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Job Summary

You will own the media relations program, shaping proactive and reactive coverage across diverse outlets, develop story angles from the Authority's programmes, and deliver integrated communications campaigns across press, digital, and social channels.

Lead media relations and generate positive coverage
Develop story angles from programmes for diverse audiences
Deliver integrated campaigns across press, digital and social channels

Job Description

Responsibilities

Generate positive media coverage across regional, national, specialist and trade media.
Identify and develop compelling stories from across the Combined Authority's wide-ranging programmes and services.
Draft press releases, reactive statements, briefing materials and media lines.
Manage relationships with journalists, stakeholders and partners.
Create engaging content for social media, websites, and internal and external digital platforms.
Shoot and edit photography and video content to support campaigns and news stories.
Help develop innovative communications approaches that reach audiences in new and creative ways.
Work with specialist colleagues in marketing, design and digital communications to deliver integrated campaigns.
Monitor media and social media activity and evaluate communications performance.
Support the delivery of communications plans, campaigns and strategic priorities.

Requirements

Demonstrate evidence of being a strong writer and content creator, skilled and experienced in working across a range of communications related disciplines, primarily journalism, public relations and/or media relations and related content generation e.g. copywriting, design, video, photography, social media, web editing.
Demonstrate the ability to identify news angles from a wide range of corporate sources and to plan and prepare targeted material for different audiences.
Demonstrate the ability to flexibly work on a range of policy areas and projects concurrently.

Benefits

Local Government Pension Scheme contributions between 5.5% and 12.5%
Generous holiday entitlement of 29 days rising to 34 days after 5 years service, as well as bank holidays and the option to buy 10 additional days
Free travel around Liverpool City Region with an All-Zone Metro card worth £1,450 per year plus All Zones Off Peak Trio ticket for your spouse or partner
Flexible and hybrid working
24/7 access to Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family and Free counselling service
Automatic enrolment to our Westfield Health Programme
Corporate discounts at council-owned gyms
Bike to Work Scheme
Coaching, mentoring, apprenticeships, and professional qualifications including paid membership fees and even a £1k interest free learning loan for any non-job-related learning

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Bringing together Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral to provide strategic governance and support economic growth.Working With UsWe’re looking for people with the passion to deliver on our vision and help us to create a truly global and competitive city region which works for everyone.Devolution brings real powers to make policy and investment decisions that suit our own needs.We have a historic opportunity right now, with our city region growing faster than any other combined authority area, huge investment in infrastructure, and an unrivalled quality of life, with excellent cultural and leisure opportunities and affordable living costs.Yet, like all post-industrial cities, we need to work hard to ensure the benefits of growth reach everyone who lives and works here.We will invest more than £500m in the next four years, in projects which create social value and support our inclusive economy agenda, across transport, housing, skills and adult education, the social economy, business growth, innovation, land and property.Where else could you be working on projects as diverse as a £460 million investment to introduce a brand new fleet of state-of-the-art trains, a new approach to tackling homelessness, or an ambitious plan to harness the tidal power of the River Mersey and Liverpool Bay to create plentiful, predictable, renewable electricity? If you think that sounds exciting, you’re right, and we want to hear from you.

Founded in 2014

Liverpool, England, GBR

640 employees (35 in marketing)

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