Internal Communications Officer

Positive Employment is currently recruiting for an Internal Communications Officer for our client a local government organisation in Tower Hamlets.

The successful candidate will be a first-class communicator to ensure the 10,000 staff members are informed and involved to help shape the future of the service. The Internal Communications Officer role is instrumental in keeping staff engaged and aware of campaigns and initiatives across the organisation.

This is initially a 5 month contract with the possibility to extend after that date. This role is hybrid working 2-3 days in the office.

Duties and Responsibilities but not limited to:

• Help deliver a high quality, comprehensive internal communications service across the organisation, including all of its sites.
• Help deliver our internal communications strategy.
• Oversee, introduce and stimulate two way and wider communications with and between staff, that can be measured and evaluated.
• Work closely with services to create and deliver effective and measurable campaigns.
• Innovate and introduce new ways of working to constantly improve our offer.
• Be in the office at least 2 days a week and as needed to support events and campaigns/ working from home the rest of the week.

Personal Requirements:

• Knowledge of effective internal communication systems and channels.
• Knowledge of a communication campaign model.
• Proven working experience in public sector communications (Desirable).
• Managing internal communications for a large organisation (Desirable).
• Ability to plan, programme, deliver and monitor projects and programmes of work, in line with agreed timescales and outputs.
• To comply with the requirements relating to political restrictions for this role.

Working Hours: 35hrs / 9:00am - 17:00pm / Monday to Friday

Pay: £202.44 per day

Please note this role is within the scope of IR35.