Graduate Marketing and Communications Officer

Contract Type: Fixed term (until 31/03/2029)

Contract Reason: Subject to funding

Secondment Opportunity: Permanent employees are encouraged to apply and will be supported as part of our workforce development

Salary: Grade E. Scale 11 - £28,142 to Scale 16 - £30,518

Hours Per Week: 36

Base Location: Family Hubs across Tameside

Assessment Date: To be arranged

The Role

We are looking for an enthusiastic and creative Graduate Marketing and Communications Officer to support the work of the central corporate communications team and family hubs team in promoting our family hub offer.

The role will use a variety of marketing and communications techniques with hands-on delivery to engage families and stakeholders effectively. This will include creating video content, social media, newsletter development, identifying opportunities for press releases and supporting events. You will capture stories of families and the benefit that attending sessions at family hubs has brought to them and their children. It will also tell good news stories of staff achievements in supporting families and any positive developments relating to Tameside’s family hubs.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a creative and hard-working team who tell the stories of the experiences of our employees and residents from their view and voice.

About You

We are looking for someone with strong written and verbal communication skills who can produce clear, engaging content for a range of audiences and platforms. A key skill will be the ability to generate fresh ideas for campaigns and storytelling that resonate with our local communities.

A recent degree or equivelent and a genuine interest in local government and public service are essential. We are also looking for someone that takes initiative, shows curiosity, and is eager to learn and grow. We need a person who is well organised and works well with colleagues, partners, and stakeholders to achieve shared goals.

About Us

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.

Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here

We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please click here for more information on our guaranteed assessment scheme.

For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager Lauren Carey on 07970 310 034 or Lauren.Carey@tameside.gov.uk