Public Communications Executive

City of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid LevelFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Lead public enquiry responses, build expertise on complex issues, maintain enquiry records and insight reports, handle vulnerable conversations with empathy and escalation when needed, collaborate to improve online information, and contribute to project work when opportunities arise.

  • Own the end-to-end inquiry process and drive continuous improvement.
  • Collaborate across teams to enhance public information and engagement.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • - To deal efficiently and effectively with enquiries from members of the public ensuring they receive timely and accurate information and an excellent customer experience
  • - To develop expertise and knowledge on often complex issues in order to respond to enquires directly where possible, liaising with other teams where required
  • - To maintain records of enquiries and produce statistical reports, continuously looking for new ways to gather insight and support continuous improvement
  • - To handle conversations with vulnerable or challenging people effectively, assertively and with empathy, escalating to management or signposting to other appropriate support agencies when required
  • - To work with Communications team colleagues identifying opportunities to improve online information for the public and putting forward ideas for engagement and promotion
  • - Drive or contribute to project work as and when the opportunity arises

Benefits

  • A hybrid working environment.
  • Flexible working, to allow you to work around your lifestyle and commitments.
  • 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • A competitive pension provision scheme
  • Excellent family friendly benefits
  • Learning and Development opportunities to enhance your skills or through programmes leading to professional or academic qualification.
  • Private medical insurance including dental and optical.
  • Various health and wellbeing benefits such as confidential counselling services, bike to work scheme, eyecare, and offers on well-known brands through our Lifestyle savings offering .
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The Law Society of Scotland is the professional body for over 14,000 Scottish solicitors and was established in 1949. We have an overarching objective of leading legal excellence, and strive to excel and to be a world-class professional body, understanding and serving the needs of our members and the public. We set and uphold standards to ensure the provision of excellent legal services and ensure the public can have confidence in Scotland’s legal profession.We also have a statutory duty to work in the public interest, a duty which we are strongly committed to achieving through our work to promote a strong, varied and effective legal profession working in the interests of the public and protecting and promoting the rule of law. We seek to influence the creation of a fairer and more just society through active engagement with the Scottish and United Kingdom governments, parliaments, wider stakeholders and our membership.⚖️To keep discussions focused and relevant for everyone, we may remove comments that aren’t connected to our posts.

Founded in 1949
Edinburgh, Scotland, GBR
406 employees (12 in marketing)
1% recommend to a friend

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
12 (3% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
62K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
53.9%
Direct
23.9%
Referral
2.8%
Social
9.3%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~406
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Public Communications Executive

The Law Society of Scotland · City of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK · Hybrid