Communications Officer at Westward Housing Group | Newton Abbot, Torbay, UK

Westward Housing Group

Communications Officer

Newton Abbot, Torbay, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableEntry LevelPart time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own multi channel communications that blend public PR and internal culture, with a focus on digital content, interview features and storytelling that move customer and stakeholder engagement.

Own multi channel comms programs: digital media, web, intranet, PR and copywriting.
Coordinate interviews, film content, and publicity to uplift awareness and strengthen internal culture.
Collaborate with teams to align messaging, analytics, and customer experience.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Maximising opportunities to promote Westward's work
Creating digital media for web, intranet and social media
PR, editorial and copywriting
Media handling and publicity
Providing interviews and films for information and promotion
Engaging with colleagues on internal communications to support our culture

Requirements

Has experience in a multi-discipline communications team
Keen to provide great communications to customers, colleagues and business stakeholders
Someone creative who also has strong initiative and thinks strategically
Knowledge of monitoring and analytics
Skilled at working with filmmaking, design software and web cms
Excellent problem-solving and interpersonal skills
Can prioritise a busy and varied workload
Full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use

Benefits

A competitive annual salary of £35,713, for working 29 hours this is £28,570 Pro rata
Company mobile phone
Work from home setup
26 days annual leave, for working 29 hours this is 20 days + bank holidays Pro rata
Healthcare plan with retail discount scheme
Company pension scheme with matched contributions up to 10%
Refer a friend scheme
Colleague and team recognition awards
Training opportunities

Westward Housing Group

Westward is one of the largest affordable housing providers in the south west with approximately 7,500 households across Devon and Cornwall. Westward provides support services to hundreds of people in the region and manages older peoples and support projects. Westward also has social enterprise projects, Grow and Jigsaw, which work in the areas of horticulture and furniture restoration and re-sales.Westward builds new homes across the region to rent, sell affordably on a shared ownership basis, or using the Help to Buy scheme. Help to Buy South West is the Help to Buy agency for the south west, managed jointly by Westward Housing and Sovereign Housing Association, and provides shared ownership and other equity products to help people buy their own home.A further commercial Westward initiative is Horizon Homes which sells properties on the open market and gift aids profits back into the organisation to provide more affordable housing and services.

Founded in 1965

Newton Abbot, England, GBR

164 employees (3 in marketing)

www.westwardhousing.org.uk