Campaigns Assistant - REQ06987

INTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY VIA MYSELF

Strategic Communication and Engagement

Corporate Communications

Campaigns Assistant

NLC6 £29,666 - £31,541

At North Lanarkshire Council we’re full of energy and ideas to transform our towns and communities into vibrant places to live, work and visit. As Scotland’s fourth largest local authority, we’ve got lofty ambitions, bags of determination and we’re moving at a pace to generate real change in our communities and how we deliver services.

A permanent role as a Campaigns Assistant has become available, working with the Corporate Communications team to drive positive behaviour change in our communities by assisting in the creation and delivery of insight and evidence driven social marketing campaigns.

The team communicates to residents and businesses about council services, support and activities for our communities through a range of channels, helping to make North Lanarkshire a great place to live, learn, work, invest and visit.

The Campaigns Assistant carries out a range of activities including analysing data from digital platforms, assisting with the creation of content for marketing and PR activity, monitoring digital platforms (social media and websites) and assisting with other communications platforms and tools that support audience engagement, behaviour, lifestyle or attitude change and promote council services, policies and programmes to the public.

Responsible to the Campaigns Team Leader (Social Marketing), you should have an SVQ2/Higher/National 5 or equivalent with relevant experience of working in a communications environment delivering campaigns, marketing, PR or digital functions.  With excellent verbal, written and IT skills, you should have a good understanding of creating and scheduling content for social media channels and operating CMS for websites.

You will be joining a vibrant team that work a hybrid model of office/site based at the Civic Centre, Motherwell and homeworking.  

For more information, please contact Kirsty Goodall by email on goodallk@northlan.gov.uk

Working here at North Lanarkshire Council 

If you’re considering a career with us, you’ll be keen to know what’s in it for you.  We have a great package of benefits available, from health and wellbeing to finances and family.  This includes 27 days annual leave and 6 public holidays*, and a wide range of benefitsavailable to you,find out more at work well NL.We also have a full package of learning and development through our learning academy LearnNL to help you reach your full potential and further your career. 

For more information on local authority careers visit the myjobscotland career hub 

North Lanarkshire Council are Happy to Talk Flexible Working, we operate a Smarter Working Policy. 

Click here to see our Recruitment Charter. 

*For all casual/sessional roles, you will receive 12.1% of your hourly rate for every hour worked in total recompense for annual leave, including public holidays. These rates will be indicated separately on your payslip.  You will only be paid for the hours that you work. 

North Lanarkshire Council has reached its current allocation of Certificates of Sponsorship and, as a result, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time. 

We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. 

We have also adopted the Armed Forces Community Covenant to show our support for service personnel, veterans and their families. We offer a guaranteed interview for service leavers, spouses, reservists and veterans, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. 

North Lanarkshire Council is committed to #KeepingThePromise. This means that if you have ever been in care (looked after at home with a social worker, lived with a relative other than your parents, experienced foster, residential or secure care) you are entitled to a guaranteed interview for this post, as long as you meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. This is one way North Lanarkshire is demonstrating our commitment to supporting Care-Experienced People. 

The Plan for North Lanarkshire is to be the place to live, learn, work, invest and visit. The Council recognises that work is an important part of adult life and is critical to our wellbeing and shaping how we live. The Fair Work Convention’s Framework defines Fair Work as work that offers effective voice, fulfilment, opportunity, respect and security. We believe Fair Work can boost creativity, realise untapped potential and increase productivity. To find out more click on the link. 

Alternative Application Packs can be requested in other formats for example, Large Print, Braille, and Audio. To request an alternative Application Pack please phone 01698 403151. 

The following link contains our Easy Read documents which will help explain the process and what happens during the selection process: Easy Read – My NL 

***PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT CVS IN PLACE OF THE APPLICATION FORM. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS VACANCY YOU MUST ENSURE AN APPLICATION FORM IS SUBMITTED. ANY CV SUBMISSIONS WILL BE DISREGARDED.***