Responsibilities

• Lead communications, engagement and consultation activity across major growth or transport programmes.
• Build and manage relationships with local, regional and national stakeholders to secure confidence and support.
• Work closely with delivery teams to ensure a coherent, coordinated regional narrative around economic growth.
• Plan and lead public consultations from design and promotion to analysis and dissemination.
• Manage external consultants delivering communications, engagement and consultation work.
• Operate effectively within a matrix managed environment, collaborating across directorates and programmes.
• Support senior leaders with briefings, advice and insight.
• Develop brand identity for major programmes.
• Supporting the development of compelling narratives around growth, infrastructure, transport and place making.
• Developing and delivering proactive engagement and consultation activity across major programmes.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of communications, engagement and consultation principles in a public sector environment.
• Experience delivering communications and engagement for complex, high profile transport or infrastructure projects.
• Proven ability to develop and implement communications and engagement strategies.
• Experience delivering or overseeing public consultation and community engagement activity.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, political sensitivity, tact and diplomacy.
• Ability to develop compelling narratives around complex policy and delivery programmes.

Preferred

• Understanding of local, regional and national context around strategic growth, place or transport.
• Knowledge of how major projects are developed, approved and funded.
• Experience managing consultation related contracts or project workstreams.

Benefits

• 26 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years continuous service. There is also the option to increase your annual leave with our annual leave purchase scheme.
• 2 days of paid leave each year to volunteer
• Local Government Pension Scheme (one of the most generous pension schemes in the UK).
• Flexible, family friendly and hybrid working options to ensure you achieve the best work/life balance and career goals. We follow a hybrid working model with typically 2 or 3 days in the office each week
• Reduced bus fare travel across the West of England