Responsibilities

• Your aim is to develop great communications and marketing activity that makes a difference in people's lives and helps us to achieve our priorities and ambitions.
• You’ll do this by using multiple channels and creating engaging, high-quality content.
• As a talented communicator, you’ll put to work your skills in Public Relations and working with the media, copywriting, social media content creation and management, and delivering innovative, integrated communications and marketing campaigns.
• Your insight-led plans and campaigns with SMART objectives will deliver results for Barnsley.
• You’ll be confident in creating and delivering digital marketing strategies, maximising the benefits of platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Tiktok.
• You’ll be a natural storyteller who is confident in working with communities across the borough to tell their stories, using the right tone and language to make our messages clear for a wide range of audiences.
• You’ll be experienced in liaising with local and national media, and you’ll be skilled at spotting opportunities and confidently selling stories to promote both the council and the place.
• Managing priorities and multiple projects effectively will be key, and you'll need a political understanding of how your work and activity affect all our stakeholders.

Requirements

• You’ll have a Level 6 qualification in communications, marketing or a related subject or a Level 3 qualification in communications, marketing or a related subject with extensive equivalent experience in communications or marketing roles.
• You’ll be experienced in liaising with local and national media, and you’ll be skilled at spotting opportunities and confidently selling stories to promote both the council and the place.
• You’ll be confident in creating and delivering digital marketing strategies, maximising the benefits of platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Tiktok.
• You’ll be a natural storyteller who is confident in working with communities across the borough to tell their stories, using the right tone and language to make our messages clear for a wide range of audiences.
• Managing priorities and multiple projects effectively will be key, and you'll need a political understanding of how your work and activity affect all our stakeholders.
• All of our roles in Communications and Marketing are politically restricted.

Benefits

• We’re an award-winning council and one of the biggest employers in the borough, supporting around 243,000 people. We put people at the heart of everything we do, and that includes our employees. As part of the team, we offer lots of benefits and rewards to support you to thrive and grow, like flexible working, employee discounts, support for your health and wellbeing, and opportunities for training and development to grow your career and develop your skills.
• flexible working
• employee discounts
• support for your health and wellbeing
• opportunities for training and development to grow your career and develop your skills.
• great pay alongside an excellent pension scheme
• flexible working with work/life balance