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Communications officer from the Company
Surrey Police, this latest
Communications officer job vacancy is located in the city
Hybrid work in Guildford located in the country
United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate
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Division / Department - Media and Communications Grade - Grade G Status - Full Time Contract Type - Permanent Salary Grade Range - £30,486 - £36,026 Working Hours - 36.0 Hours per Week Shift Allowance - No Politically Restricted - No Location - Surrey Police Headquarters, Guildford
The starting salary for this role will usually be at the bottom of the salary range and will be pro-rata if the working hours are less than full time.
Chief Constables' Message
We really welcome your interest in joining our Police Force. It is a privilege to lead the teams in Surrey Police and Sussex Police who continuously work selflessly and tirelessly in order to keep people in our counties safe.
We are looking for talented and inspirational people who put the needs of the public at the heart of everything that they do and who want to make a difference. If you feel you are that person then we want to hear from you.
We wish you all the very best with your application.
Chief Constable Tim De Meyer & Chief Constable Jo Shiner
The Role & Key Responsibilities
Scrolling for a new opportunity? An exciting and rewarding role that will stretch your skills and mean you'll make a real difference from day one? Look no further.
We are recruiting for a communications officer to join our busy department working across both the news & media and strategic communications functions - giving you the chance to flex your comms skills across two disciplines in helping to fight crime and protect people across Surrey.
In the strategic communications rotation you might be developing and implementing a communications strategy to tackle anything from burglary to Violence Against Women and Girls, joining police officers on attachment to gather social media content, or influencing behaviour change with an internal campaign. On the newsdesk, you'll be the first port of call for regional and national journalists, drafting appeals, or leading the way with proactive print and broadcast media opportunities.
Your day-to-day role could also include incident response, supporting events, and working closely with the engagement function within the department.
You will always have support, but will need the drive to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment to deliver high quality communications and tactical advise to senior officers.
Whatever you are doing we can promise variety and a front-row seat to policing with an award-winning team of innovative and creative communicators that will help you grow and develop new skills and nurture your existing ones.
You'll regularly work with operational colleagues across Surrey Police, as well as other police forces and external agencies to complement our campaign development and implementation, giving you broad career building experience. You will need to have previous experience in a communications role - either in internal or external campaigns, media, or both - and can use your skills to create wide-ranging internal and external content that engages the target audience and encourages behaviour change. You'll be able to accurately identify risks and opportunities, think creatively about what to do next, and respond to real time issues and trends that impact Surrey Police and our people.
As a department we are proud of producing high quality work, and always challenging ourselves to be better using data and evaluation to inform our approach as a department, so we'd love to hear from anyone with experience in reporting and metrics. Previous experience in policing or the public sector would be great, but we are just as interested in hearing from you if you have used your comms skills elsewhere.
You'll be part of a team that prides itself on developing talent in-house, with a range of training and learning opportunities available by making the most of expert knowledge within the team, as well as through external training. Surrey Police is proud to be part of The Association of Police Communicators, helping to grow your network and skills even further.
The strategic communications and news & media teams sit within the Corporate Communications & Engagement department, alongside the engagement and production teams and working closely with a collaborated change communications hub across Surrey Police and Sussex Police. You will be reporting to a Communications Manager, who manages your tasks and is there to support you.
While the role will be based at Surrey Police HQ in Guildford, we support hybrid working and you will therefore be able to spend time working from the office (your contractual working location), working from your local police sites and from home.
Skills & Experience
Degree level qualification/equivalent professional experience in a relevant communications discipline or vocational or post-graduate communications qualification, such as CIM, CIPR or MRS
Experience of delivery of end-to-end integrated internal/change/public information or behavioural communications across multiple channels using tools to assist with audience segmentation
Experience of media relations and/or in managing media enquiries. Knowledge of media law would assist in this role
- Strong writing skills and ability to adapt content for different audiences and channels, with attention to detail
Ability to operate autonomously and problem solve at a tactical level
Ability to balance and manage conflict between short and long term priorities and reactive/proactive work under pressure
- Understanding and experience of using social media channels in a work environment to build awareness, understanding and confidence.
Why Work With Us?
Policing is an exciting 24/7 business and we all have commitments outside work. We're invested in supporting people to balance their life with work and we encourage flexible working. We are open to conversations about job shares and part time working. We encourage agile working, giving you the opportunity to manage your own diary and work wherever you give the best service to the public. This may include flexi-time and home working.
We take pride in looking after our people and offer a variety of benefits;
- career progression
- contributory pension scheme (LGPS)
- generous annual leave allowance
- discounts for everyday spend
- on-site gyms and a range of sports clubs
- generous and supportive parental leave
- financial and mental wellbeing guidance and support
- discounted contributory healthcare scheme
Further Information
If you'd like to discuss the role further, please contact Vicky Miles, Head of Strategic Communications - vicky.miles@surrey.police.uk / 07824 824885
Diversity Statement
We are only as good as our people. It's important that our officers and staff can be themselves in the workplace and we know that as an organisation we'll grow from the variety of thinking, approach, and the skills that diversity brings; all of which help us to deliver a better policing service. We strive to ensure how we deliver our services, provide information and how we recruit is open and accessible to all.
We have multiple staff support groups who help to improve our understanding of minority issues and ensure they are reflected in our work. We are proud members of the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index and Disability Confident, a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and aligned with the Armed Forces Covenant and the HeForShe movement.
We are committed to being an anti-racist police service. We promise to challenge injustice, ensure fairness and to uphold anti-racist principles in both our organisation and our communities. For more information, you can read our full anti-racism statement here.
We value the differences that people bring from all backgrounds and communities. Regardless of age, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, disability, social status, or religious belief, we would love to hear from you.
Additional Information
Following submission of your application you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your application attached. Occasionally emails from this address can fall into spam/junk folders so please ensure this is checked regularly. You may wish to consider adding noreply@surreysussexpolice.as.recruitmail.com to your address/contact list to ensure you receive all communications.
This post is being advertised in parallel with Force redeployment processes. Any redeployees who are identified will be given preference. This may result in the post being withdrawn at any point during the recruitment process.
Please note that not all jobs are available for internal candidates across both Forces, the current agreed recruitment principles are;
- vacancies in collaborated units are available to all officers and staff across both Forces
- vacancies in non-collaborated units are only available to officers and staff within the Force with the vacancy unless it is advertised externally
- if the vacancy is advertised externally and an officer or member of staff from the other Force is successful it will result in a transfer of employment
Surrey Police and Sussex Police Special Constables, Volunteers and Agency Staff (excluding self employed workers) covered under the Agency Worker Regulations (AWR) are eligible to apply for internal advertised posts.
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Job Detail
Reference number
SYSX STAFF03861 Date posted
02/07/2024 Closing date
16/07/2024 Location
Surrey Police Headquarters, Guildford
Keywords : Guildford jobs
Closed Date : 2025-02-19
