Chief Communications Officer at City of Ottawa shaping communication strategy and engaging with media and residents. Delivering critical information on community priorities and leading the communications team.
About the role
- Communications Officer supporting CIPFA’s external and internal communications. Managing media relations, content creation, and collaborative campaigns within a hybrid working environment.
Responsibilities
- Support the development and delivery of communications plans for key CIPFA priorities and campaigns.
- Deliver day-to-day media relations activity, including drafting press releases, briefings, opinion pieces and reactive statements.
- Build and maintain relationships with journalists and support media engagement for senior staff and subject experts.
- Research, write and edit high-quality content, translating complex policy and technical issues into clear and engaging communications.
- Contribute content to CIPFA’s external channels, including social media (primarily LinkedIn) and the website.
- Work collaboratively across Communications, Marketing, Policy and other teams to support integrated campaigns.
- Monitor media coverage, conduct daily media monitoring and contribute to evaluation and reporting.
- Support internal communications, including content planning and publishing on the intranet.
- Maintain accurate records, including media contacts and coverage logs.
Requirements
- Essential Experience of working in media relations.
- Proven ability to write concise, engaging copy on complex policy or technical issues, often to tight deadlines.
- Desirable Experience of working within or alongside the public sector.
- Knowledge and understanding of public policy.
- Familiarity with communications tools, including media monitoring platforms, journalist databases, social media scheduling tools, web content management systems and CRM systems.
Benefits
- Reward – Giving you fair pay and generous benefits, which includes competitive salary, generous pension scheme, holiday scheme, family friendly benefits and more!
- Wellbeing – Empowering you to work flexibly, balancing your personal and professional life through our permanent 4-day working week (work 4 days, get paid for 5) and hybrid working, alongside a range of health benefits, such as access to an Employee Assistance Helpline and the opportunity to join our Health Cash Plan.
- Purpose – Connecting the work you do with its social value and impact through paid volunteering days and charity and community work.
- Growth – Enabling you to develop your skills and knowledge through access to training opportunities, paid professional membership subscriptions, and career break options.
- Culture – Our culture is one of respect. We give you a sense of belonging, supporting you to work with autonomy, openness, and collaboration.
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