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Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
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Policing
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Job summary
This post is open to applicants who can meet the Colleges nationality, UK residency and vetting requirements.
About us:
Were the professional body for the police service in England and Wales. We work with everyone in policing to set standards, to share knowledge and good practice and to support the development of police officers and staff. Our mission is to drive a consistent approach across policing where the public and the service expect it, to boost professionalism and to improve leadership at every level.
Although we’re a small organisation, our work has a big reach. We are uniquely placed to work both with national policing organisations and local forces to support frontline officers, staff and volunteers in their day-to-day roles.
We offer a supportive and inclusive environment for people to thrive. Our extensive flexible-working policy, employee wellbeing support, family friendly policies, employers network for equality and inclusion (ENEI) membership and status as a disability confident employer means everyone can bring their whole self to work.
Job description
We look forward to reading your application for the role of Strategic Communications and Campaigns Partner.
The selected candidate will be an important part of our Corporate Communications unit, working in our Strategic Communications and Campaigns team. Were looking for an experienced communications individual who can hit the ground running to provide comprehensive communications plans and support to teams across the College. You will be at the forefront of planning and coordinating delivery of communications to support our key business priorities. You will work closely with other teams within the corporate communications unit to ensure timely delivery of communications activity that enhances and protects the Colleges brand. Youll work in partnership with project teams and communications colleagues to advise on the best solution to achieve our aims and maximise our impact. Were looking for someone who can draw from varying sources of information to produce clear and engaging narratives, so you will have strong experience of translating complex information and producing meaningful and targeted copy, that resonates with audience groups. Youll be someone who can make strategic links between different pieces of work, and communicate complex ideas in a clear and easy to understand way. Youll be used to working at pace, juggling multiple strands of work and challenging others when needed. If this sounds like you, please get in touch and help us to support everyone working in policing to reduce crime and help keep people safe.
Person specification
Some of your responsibilities will include:
- Planing, delivering and evaluating campaigns and projects that enhance the College of Policing brand developing persuasive and insight driven messaging, coordinating all activity across channels and integrating this with other College communication.
- Acting as a point of contact for teams across the College, providing a proactive and professional service, building and developing relationships to be able to fully understand activity. Planning, co-ordinating and developing communication solutions that support delivery of our business objectives.
- Managing multiple projects simultaneously, prioritising and planning workload effectively. You will coordinate the development and delivery of plans, through working collaboratively, to ensure that all communication is delivered on budget, on time and on brief.
To be successful in this role youll need:
- Experience of working with internal stakeholders to understand, challenge and interpret requests for communications support in a way that ensures all messaging and activity are aligned to the organisation’s strategic aims.
- Experience of planning and coordinating multiple communications projects simultaneously and across a wide range of channels
- Strong written skills, with the ability to produce insight driven and engaging narratives and key messages (as part of each communications plan) for a range of audiences to support effective communications.
Please see the attached job description which contains full details of the role.
Behaviours
We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Technical skills
We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Experience of working with internal stakeholders to understand, challenge and interpret requests for communications support to develop a communications plan.
- The ability to coordinate the delivery of numerous communications projects/campaigns on brief, on time, on budget.
- Strong written skills, with the ability to produce insight driven and engaging copy for a range of audiences to support effective communications.
Benefits
£8,551 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
The College is a great place to work. We’re passionate about our people and offer a wide range of benefits, including (but not limited to):
- Defined benefit pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%
- Up to 30 days holiday (this is in addition to 8 public holidays and 2.5 privilege days)
- Continued professional development and structured career paths
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Flexi-time (for certain grades)
- A range of flexible working arrangements
- Benenden Healthcare
- National Dental Plan
- Discounts for on-line shopping
- Free employee support line
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Rewards and recognition scheme
We also have a number of thriving staff networks that provide the opportunity for advice, support and to drive change. A place to get your voice heard, share experiences and challenge our working practices to ensure equality of opportunity for all.
For more information about our benefits and staff networks, visit What we offer as an employer , College of Policing
Things you need to know
Selection process details
Vacancy reference: CEO6600
This role is available for 12 months (maternity cover) as a fixed term appointment to applicants who can meet the Colleges nationality, UK residency and vetting requirements, or as a secondment opportunity to:
colleagues employed directly by the College or the Civil Service. Please note you will be required to obtain the written support of your line manager prior to submitting your application.
serving police staff at the equivalent rank of Inspector who have their chief officer’s approval. Chief Officers approval must be of NPCC rank, i.e., CC, ACC or DCC. Approval for a secondment must accompany an application. Central service conditions may apply.
Please ensure you return the attached secondment approval form either as an attachment when submitting your application or via email to recruitment@college.police.uk.
For further information on applying for a secondment please visit the Secondments into the College page.
Whilst this fixed term contract is offered on the understanding that it will only last as long as the stated contract length, there could be a possibility that it could be extended or made permanent should circumstances allow.
How to apply and contact information:
For further information visit our Work for us page.
What it’s like working at the College of Policing
We believe that a diverse workforce brings many benefits to the organisation including diversity of thought and improvements to the way we work internally and with partners and communities. We strive to be fully inclusive but we know there is more to do. We genuinely encourage people from all backgrounds and underrepresented groups to apply for this role.
We want to continually improve our recruitment processes and to remove any barriers to equal opportunities that could disadvantage those from particular backgrounds. In order for us to have the information to do this, we ask you to please complete the diversity section of the online application process. We use a blind shortlisting process and we hope that by using this method we will be able to promote greater diversity in our workforce and remove any subconscious decisions based on biases.
The College is committed to support the Greening Government Commitment and reducing our Environmental impact. We have a dynamic Environmental Management Plan in place which encompasses various objectives, including our pledge to reduce business travel. To support our green agenda we have, in phase one, installed Electric Vehicle Charging Points at our sites in Ryton (12 points) and Harperley Hall (4 points) alongside two at our Harrogate office. We encourage employees to become an Environment Champion to help with promoting and delivering our Environmental Management Plan. Our One Step Greener approach encourages all College staff to make small changes to create a better future for everyone.
Please note that in order to work for the College of Policing you must have the Right to Work in the UK with indefinite leave to remain. In addition, you will also be required to provide an address history in the UK for the preceding 3 years.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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Job contact :
- Name : College HR Recruitment Team
- Email : recruitment@college.police.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : recruitment@college.police.uk
