Strategic Communications Lead - Lincoln
Due to interval progression within our team we are excited to be seeking a dynamic and creative communications professional to join our hard working and supportive team.
About the role
As part of Lincolnshire County Council’s Communications team, you'll play a key role in ensuring that our 700,000 residents are well-informed about our services while keeping over 5,000 staff members updated on vital council information.
This is a unique opportunity to showcase your skills by creating engaging written, image, and video content for our website and social media platforms, highlighting the positive impact of our work in local communities.
You'll actively contribute to planning and coordinating integrated communications campaigns—covering internal, external, and digital communications—ensuring that residents, service users, and stakeholders stay informed. In addition, you’ll work closely with local, regional, and national journalists to maximise media coverage that reflects the great work being done across LCC.
Your role will involve offering strategic and tactical advice to senior politicians and key officers on media, communications, and marketing plans. You’ll be expected to support services in delivering their objectives while protecting and enhancing the council's reputation.Whether it’s leading a multi-faceted communications campaign, promoting major council initiatives, preparing councillors for media interviews, or advising senior staff on effective communications strategies, you will be at the forefront of ensuring our messages are impactful and clear.
About you
We’re looking for an experienced communications professional with a background in journalism or corporate communications in either the public or private sector. You should bring proven practical experience in communications planning and execution, along with a strong creative flair for developing innovative strategies.Diplomacy, tact, and political awareness will be critical in handling complex situations and providing sound advice.
As our Strategic Communication Lead, you'll enjoy flexible working arrangements. While we don’t expect you to be in our Lincoln office every day, you’ll need to attend key council meetings, important sessions with senior officers and councillors, and occasionally travel to other county locations for meetings or PR opportunities.
If this sounds like the role for you, then please read through the full Job Description, before clicking apply! If you would like to know more about Lincolnshire County Council and our current vacancies then click on over to www.lincolnshire.gov.uk.
About Our Offer
Along with a competitive salary we are offering:
A Contributory pensionComprehensive benefits package including excellent discount schemes and cycle to work
Flexible working policies
Career progression opportunities
A generous annual leave entitlement plus the option to buy more
Further details can be found here: Rewards and benefits – Lincolnshire County Council
PLEASE NOTE: It is imperative that your covering letter/personal statement clearly states why you have applied, how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for the role as set out in the Job Description (attached on LCC jobs Site) and what you feel you can bring to this role, the team and the wider County Council.
Applications will close on 23/10/24 and interviews will take place WC 04/11/24
For a confidential and informal discussion about the role please contact:
Christopher O'Rourke via email christopher.o'rourke@lincolnshire.gov.uk
Best of luck with your application