External Communications Officer

EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER - COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT, DIGITAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA, DELIVERY OF CONTENT, MEDIA ENQUIRIES

An External Communications Officer with experience in supporting Communications activities and channels, Digital and Social Media including twitter, Delivery of Content and of handling media enquiries is required to work on a 5 month contract WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTENSION for a high profile Government organisation based in Abbeywood, Bristol

OVERVIEW OF THE EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER CONTRACT ROLE

The External Communications Officer will work as part of the Communications team and be responsible for supporting a range of communications activities and channels.

KEY SKILLS REQUIRED FOR THE EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

- Work to support a range of campaigns and initiatives that reflect the organisation's priorities, helping to communicate news and stories to a range of stakeholders in an interesting, engaging and informative way.
- Support the production and delivery of engaging content (stories, images, infographics, videos, blogs) across the organisatios range of digital and social media channels including Twitter
- Drive support and input to major departmental announcements which have an infrastructure element
- Handle reactive media enquiries, liaising with SMEs to ensure responses are provided in a timely way and develop news briefs on key issues.
- Work with the Secretariat where clearance is required. - Proactively engage specialist, trade and regional publications/media outlets to share and re-purpose DIO generated content in a targeted, coherent way

The role is based in Abbeywood, Bristol this is commutable from Bath, Swindon, Newport and Chippenham

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