Marketing & Campaigns Officer

Adecco are pleased to be recruiting for a Marketing & Campaigns Officer to join Cheshire Police force at their Winfrith HQ.

This is a temporary post for 12 months to cover MAT Leave. This post is working full time, 37 hours and is office based. The rate is 14.40 per hour.

This role is to support the delivery of high quality internal and external marketing and communication activity to enhance the reputation of Cheshire Constabulary and increase levels of stakeholder engagement.

To assist the Senior Internal Communications Officer and Senior Campaigns and Marketing Manager to implement and evaluate effective and proactive communication strategies.

Role Accountabilities:

• Provide specialist communication advice to senior officers and managers in implementing effective and innovative forms of staff and community engagement in line with the corporate communication strategy and which support organisational priorities.
• Support and develop innovative communications, publications and campaigns which support the organisations vision and priorities by maximising the opportunity to develop engagement and transparency with the communities of Cheshire, raising the awareness of the positive work and activities carried out by Cheshire Constabulary.
• Provide an efficient and prompt response to media enquiries, providing guidance and support to colleagues across the organisations to ensure all communications with the media is appropriate and in line with corporate guidelines.
• Research, write and evaluate press releases, identifying the best way to distribute, liaising with the media to secure coverage through photo calls, interview opportunities etc.
• Establish and maintain working relationships with internal customers, the media and partner agencies
• Coordinate the production of corporate publications, including writing and editing in-house publications, case studies, speeches, articles and annual reports.
• Utilise a full range of media including print, electronic and face-to-face communication to disseminate key messages, maximising the opportunities to use visual methods to communicate including photographs and video to have the maximum impact.
• Source and produce content for all channels of staff communication
• Take responsibility for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of all forms of internal and external communication identify change and improvement plans as required
• Attend meetings and conferences as necessary to identify suitable information to communicate to internal and external stakeholders.
• Participate in the department's response to major or significant incidents.
• Hold a full UK driving license and have access to a vehicle for business use
• This post has been identified as politically restricted.

Experience & Skills required:

• Relevant professional qualification at equivalent of level 5 in one of following communications fields, journalism, public relations, digital communications, marketing, event management or equivalent relevant experience
• Some career experience working in an internal communications, PR, marketing or journalist role
• Some experience producing editorial and / or campaign material to support communication campaigns
• Some experience of writing for web based publications
• Some experience of liaising with senior management up to chief executive/chief officer level
• Some experience producing communication and / or campaign plans
• You must have lived in the UK for at least the last 3 years to apply for this position. This is due to Police Criteria.

If you have the skills for this position, please apply and if your CV is shortlisted an Adecco Consultant will be in touch.

Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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