Responsibilities

• Act as a social and digital lead on projects to deliver work on behalf of the communications and marketing team.
• Demonstrate a proactive attitude and creative approach and use judgement and insight to reach decisions.
• Provide professional communications advice and guidance, based on a high standard of competency across the insight, ideas, implementation and impact stages of projects and with a strong focus on outcomes.
• Effectively prioritise workload, ensuring efficient use of resources and appropriate levels of support for council and city priorities.
• Support the smooth running of a professional communications and marketing team by playing an active role.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external partners and suppliers that help the council and team to meet priorities while spending money wisely.
• Represent the council and the communications and marketing team at internal and external meetings and events.
• Understand and follow procurement rules for communications and marketing spend both in the team and across the council, in line with the organisation’s financial rules.

Requirements

• Degree level, appropriate professional qualification or equivalent work experience.
• Have a minimum of two years full-time communciations and marketing experience in a relevant environment.
• Skills required: Able to work flexibly across different work locations and areas as appropriate.
• Able to take briefs for communications projects.
• Able to produce ccommunciations that are clear, articulate and fit-for-purpose.
• Able to prepare and present written and verbal information in a concise and accurate manner for a wide range of audiences.
• Able to contribute effectively to a wide range of corporate projects from a communications perspective.
• Computer literate with ability to use relevant software packages including Microsoft 365, social media scheduling tools and simple design software
• A good level of knowledge of the operations of marketing (traditional, social and digital), PR and communications functions.
• A good level of understanding of communications and marketing issues facing large local authorities and the public sector.

Preferred

• Ability to plan, implement and monitor complex communications campaigns.
• Ability to demonstrate the necessary confidence, gravitas and authority to represent the communications team at a senior level in the organisation and to contribute to business development.
• Able to demonstrate an understanding of the role of media both traditional and digital and be able to support the press, media and issues management function.

Benefits

• The chance to work seamlessly with a team of communications and marketing professionals in a role which is pivotal in supporting the Leeds Ambitions for the city to reach its full potential to be the best city for everyone living, working or studying here.
• We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures.