Responsibilities

• - Lead a strategic campaign that tells HMRC’s performance story in a clear, transparent and compelling way, with the goal of influencing perceptions among key audiences.
• - Shape HMRC’s performance narrative and drive effective communications delivery across a range of key corporate publications, including the Annual Report and Accounts and regular performance reports.
• - Distil complex information into clear, compelling messages and bring proven expertise in communications planning and delivery.

Requirements

• - Significant experience of delivering high-quality corporate publications and narratives, coordinating complex editorial, design and publishing activity across multiple stakeholders.
• - Proven communications experience, delivering campaigns and communications using best practice principles (including those from Government Communications Service).
• - Expert drafting, editing and proofreading skills with proven experience of taking raw, often complex information and developing impactful narratives and communications products.
• - Experience providing strategic communications advice directly to senior leaders (SCS/Director level or equivalent) and influencing high-profile decisions.
• - Ability to work at pace, responding to uncertainty and ambiguity, juggling competing priorities and delivering to tight deadlines.
• - Strong planning and organisational skills, with experience of managing the successful production and distribution / publishing of high-profile publications and coordinating delivery across multiple teams and channels.
• - Experience leading, developing and motivating a team to deliver high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred

• - Member of the Government Communications Service (GCS).

Benefits

• - We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.
• - Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues’ Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
• - Family friendly policies.
• - Personal support.
• - Coaching and development.