Communications Officer

Communications Officer

£25,243 – £27,870

35 hours per week

Permanent

Dundee

Are you a talented and creative communications professional?

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and creative communications professional to join our busy Communications Department. Our department leads communication and engagement across the organisation setting and delivering our internal and external communications priorities.

You will:

• develop creative communication campaigns to reach internal and external audiences
• create campaigns, craft stories and multimedia content for our digital channels
• work with our agencies and in-house designer to commission and deliver print and digital communications including video and animations
• evaluate and report on the impact and effectiveness of our activities
• organise and attend internal and external events, workshops and conferences
• research, edit and write content for internal and external audiences including online magazines, email marketing, blogs and podcasts
• write press releases and handle media enquiries
• be a motivated and enthusiastic person
• have a strong customer focus and demonstrate commitment to our organisational values.

You must have:

• a degree or equivalent, preferably in a relevant subject
• strong experience in a communications, public relations or marketing role
• experience in either internal or external communications or both
• basic experience using website content management systems
• strong communication, written, verbal, and facilitation skills to build and sustain working relationships both internally and externally and work as part of a team as well as on your own initiative
• efficient planning and organisational skills to manage a dynamic workload and able to meet tight deadlines
• great people skills, able to build strong, effective working relationships.

Although not essential, experience of photo, video and audio editing and production would be an advantage as would experience using SharePoint and Microsoft Office 365 applications.

What you’ll get in return

We provide a full range of benefits including up to 43 days holiday (service dependent), pension and opportunities for flexible working.

You’ll find more information in the job description and person specification.

Who we are

The SSSC is the regulator for the social service workforce in Scotland. Our work means the people of Scotland can count on social services being provided by a trusted, skilled and confident workforce. We protect the public by registering social service workers, setting standards for their practice, conduct, training and education and by supporting their professional development. Where people fall below the standards of practice and conduct we can investigate and take action. There are over 200,000 people employed in social services in Scotland and more than 130,000 are now registered with the SSSC.

Find more information about us here on our website and on facebook.com/thesssc and on Twitter @SSSCnews.

How to apply

Please send your completed application form to recruitment@sssc.uk.com by 8.00am on Monday 9 September quoting ‘Communications Officer’ as the email subject.

Interviews will be held week beginning Monday 23 September.