Comms and Engagement Manager

Responsibilities

• Research, create and deliver multi-channel communication and engagement plans which support organisation objectives
• Produce comms and engagement products such as briefings, blog posts, newsletters and presentations
• Help translate complex technical ideas into clear, accessible and creative narratives
• Manage communication and engagement channels, including production and scheduling content
• Work with senior members of the organisation to support them on comms and engagement activities, such as events, meetings and international engagements, and record and disseminate readouts from senior engagements with teams.

Requirements

• A proactive self-starter, confident and positive communicator used to building productive relationships at all levels of an organisation, including with senior and technical stakeholders
• Able to network and find information to create concise, clear and creative comms and engagement plans
• Comfortable working in dynamic environments with lots of ambiguity and competing priorities, balancing short term and strategic requirements
• Experienced at translating complex or technical issues into easy-to-digest content, and confident at asking further questions when such an issue is unclear
• Demonstrable experience of problem solving, being proactive about putting in place processes to make work efficient.

Preferred

• Proven ability to quickly comprehend information about new topics, and produce content based on that information
• Experience of communications and engagement within the public sector and the unique complexities that brings.

Benefits

• Alongside your salary of £44,620, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology contributes £12,926 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .
• The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology offers a competitive mix of benefits including:
• A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.
• Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme, with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
• A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.
• An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.
• Access to a range of retail, travel and lifestyle employee discounts.
• Office attendance
• The Department operates a discretionary hybrid working policy, which provides for a combination of working hours from your place of work and from your home in the UK. The current expectation for staff is to attend the office or non-home based location for 40-60% of the time over the accounting period.