The Role
Post: Internal Communications Officer – Campaigns and Engagement
Salary: £30,575
Grade: FRS C
Salary range: £30,575 - £36,705 per annum
Contract type: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Application closing date: Thursday 02 March 2022 at 16:00 GMT
This is your opportunity to come and join London Fire Brigade’s growing internal communications team in a new and exciting role. The successful candidate will help engage with staff around our key strategic priorities, ensure news is communicated to our staff in an engaging and relevant way. Making sure that every member of staff understands the role they play, and the contribution they can make, to the successful delivery of our service.
This is an integral role that will support day to day internal communications activity, as well as developing campaigns to engage with our staff, at over 105 locations across London, and taking the lead in creating digital content to further develop our internal social media channel Yammer.
Join a team where no two days are the same, from sourcing content for our staff magazine, to developing key messaging to support a new initiative or campaign, to working with colleagues across the Brigade to improve staff understanding and engagement as we continue our transformation programme.
The successful candidate will have first rate creative writing skills, with experience of working within a communications team. They will ideally have experience of working within a complex organisation with a dispersed workforce.
Further information about the main duties and responsibilities of the role are detailed in the job description. If you are unable to see the job description please visit our jobs pages at https://jobs.london-fire.gov.uk/alljobs/ to access the full advert.
To apply, please complete the online application form, provide a cover letter clearly outlining the relevant experience, skills and qualities you have to successfully perform this role (see the job description below) and upload a copy of your up-to-date CV.
Benefits of working for LFB
• 26 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• Option Absence Scheme
• Flexible working including job share
• Welfare Scheme
• Use of Brigade Medical Adviser/physios
• Season ticket loans
• Equality Support Groups
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Opportunity to access affordable accommodation
Please ensure you give yourself enough time to complete and submit your application. Late or un-submitted applications cannot be accepted.
Please note any correspondence received from us will be via e-mail and sent to the address you provide on your application form.
We value the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across London. The London Fire Commissioner is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we positively welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
Assessment Overview
Stage 1
CV and cover letter (sift). Shortlisted candidates will be invited to stage 2.
Stage 2
Assessment for this role is due to take place week commencing 14th March 2022. Please be advised that if you are unable to make the scheduled assessment date, we may not be able to make alternative arrangements.
Additional Information
In line with the Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) employment checks will be completed by successful candidates, which will include a basic criminal records check. Successful candidate will be required to declare any convictions for offences which are not spent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and any offer of employment is subject to the LFC receiving a criminal records disclosure which it considers satisfactory. Successful candidates should apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to get a copy of their criminal record and share the original disclosure certificate with the LFC. The check will only show convictions that are not ‘spent’. It will cost the successful candidates £23 (current charge) and usually takes up to 14 days.
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